But our depraved age does not deserve to enjoy such a blessing as those ages enjoyed when knights-errant took upon their shoulders the defence of kingdoms, the protection of damsels, the succour of or...
Bien podrán los encantadores quitarme la ventura, pero el esfuerzo y el ánimo, será imposible.
Berganza, I’m not shocked that—since there’s good and bad in all of us—we get the hang of evil in no time.
As soon as Don Quixote had read the inscription on the parchment he perceived clearly that it referred to the disenchantment of Dulcinea, and returning hearty thanks to heaven that he
Another thing to strive for: reading your history should move the melancholy to laughter, increase the joy of the cheerful, not irritate the simple, fill the clever with admiration for its invention,...
And so I believe that the sage I have mentioned must, a moment ago, have placed in your thoughts and on your tongue the appellation The Knight of the Sorry Face, which is what I propose to call myself...
All I ask of you (this is something you can and should do very easily) is that you advise me where I can spend my life without being overwhelmed by the fear and terror I have of being discovered by th...
Ah, senor! said the niece, your worship had better order these to be burned as well as the others; for it would be no wonder if, after being cured of his chivalry disorder, my uncle, by reading these,...
Admiráronse los hombres así de la figura como de las razones de don Quijote, sin entender la mitad de lo que en ellas decir quería.
A king’s crumb is worth more than a lord’s loaf. ‘This
A bad year and a bad month to all the backbiting bitches in the world!...
Let his sin be his punishment, let him eat it with his bread, and let that be an end to it.
Be advised, Sancho, that works of charity performed in a lukewarm and halfhearted way have no merit and are worth nothing.
I don't like keeping secrets, and I wouldn't want them to spoil because I kept them too long.
Sí, ya lo sé, Mercedes -respondió Fernando-; hasta el horrible atractivo de la franqueza tienes conmigo. Pero ¿olvidas que es ley sagrada entre los nuestros el casarse catalanes con catalanes?
— Así lo pienso hacer —dijo don Quijote—; y vuesas mercedes me den licencia, pues ya es hora para irme al lecho, y me tengan y pongan en el número de sus mayores amigos y servidores.
— Abre los ojos, deseada patria, y mira que vuelve a ti Sancho Panza, tu hijo, si no muy rico, muy bien azotado. Abre los brazos y recibe también tu hijo don Quijote, que si viene vencido de los brazo...
Éste, pues, por abreviar el cuento de mi desventura, te diré en breves palabras la que me ha causado. Viome, requebróme, escuchéle, enamoréme, a hurto de mi padre; porque no hay mujer, por retirada qu...
¿Recuerda usted algún gran error que cometiera en sus primeros tiempos, duquesa? –preguntó mirándola desde el otro lado de la mesa. –Muchos, por desgracia –exclamó ella. –Pues vuelva a cometerlos –dij...
»Sea moderado tu sueño, que el que no madruga con el sol, no goza del día; y advierte, ¡oh Sancho!, que la diligencia es madre de la buena ventura, y la pereza, su contraria, jamás llegó al término qu...