According to what I have heard, true love is not divided and must be voluntary, not forced. If this is true, as I believe it is, why do you want to force me to surrender my will, obliged to do so simp...
Porque he oído decir que esta que llaman Fortuna es una mujer borracha y antojadiza, y, sobretodo, ciega, y así, no vee lo que hace, ni sabe a quién derriba, ni a quien ensalza.
Doing one thing instead of another is the same as lying.
Although this is poetic fiction, it contains hidden moral truths worthy of being heeded and understood and imitated,...
¡Oh! Dios mío, sí -dijo Montecristo-, no hago secreto de ello, es una mezcla de un excelente opio que he ido a buscar yo mismo a Cantón, para estar seguro de obtenerlo puro, y del mejor hachís que se...
¡Ay señor! —dijo la sobrina—, bien los puede vuestra merced mandar quemar, como a los demás, porque no sería mucho que, habiendo sanado mi señor tío de la enfermedad caballeresca, leyendo éstos, se le...
TASA Yo, Juan Gallo de Andrada, escribano de Cámara del Rey nuestro señor, de los que residen en su Consejo, certifico y doy fe que, habiendo visto por los señores dél un libro intitulado El ing...
Y así, acometió a su presunción con las alabanzas de su hermosura, porque no hay cosa que más presto rinda y allane las encastilladas torres de la vanidad de las hermosas que la mesma vanidad, puesta...
The truth is, Senor, that I’m the most unfortunate doctor one could find anywhere in the world, where a physician can kill the sick person he’s treating and wants to be paid for his work, which is not...
The poor gentleman has no way of showing that he is a gentleman but by virtue, by being affable, well-bred, courteous, gentle-mannered, and kindly, not haughty, arrogant, or censorious, but above all...
The Panza is here, said Sancho, before anyone could reply, and Don Quixotissimus too; and so, most distressedest Duenissima, you may say what you willissimus, for we are all readissimus to do you any...
Sir Knight of the Sorrowful Face, I cannot bear with patience some of the things your Grace says. They are enough to make me suspect that all you have told me about knighthood and winning kingdoms and...
Rocinante felt the desire to pleasure himself with the ladies, and as soon as he picked up their scent he abandoned his natural ways and customs, did not ask permission of his owner, broke into a bris...
Remember everything and do not miss a detail of how she receives you: if her color changes as you give her my message; if she becomes agitated or troubled when she hears my name; if she moves about on...
My reason is now free and clear, rid of the dark shadows of ignorance that my unhappy constant study of those detestable books of chivalry cast over it. Now I see through their absurdities and decepti...
Mira, amiga —respondió don Quijote—: no todos los caballeros pueden ser cortesanos, ni todos los cortesanos pueden ni deben ser caballeros andantes: de todos ha de haber en el mundo; y, aunque todos s...
Mira, Teresa: siempre he oído decir a mis mayores que el que no sabe gozar de la ventura cuando le viene, que no se debe quejar si se le pasa. Y no sería bien que ahora, que está llamando a nuestra pu...
Mira, Sancho: si tomas por medio a la virtud, y te precias de hacer hechos virtuosos, no hay para qué tener envidia a los que los tienen de príncipes y señores, porque la sangre se hereda y la virtud...
Mira, Sancho —dijo don Quijote—: dondequiera que está la virtud en eminente grado, es perseguida.
It is a balsam, answered Don Quixote, the receipt of which I have in my memory, with which one need have no fear of death, or dread dying of any wound; and so when I make it and give it to thee thou h...