Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Quotes

¡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...

Although this is poetic fiction, it contains hidden moral truths worthy of being heeded and understood and imitated,...

Though I planned to issue a few good laws, I didn’t, because I was afraid nobody would obey them, and then it doesn’t matter if you issue them or not.

Without intelligence, there can be no humour.

A bad year and a bad month to all the backbiting bitches in the world!...

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...

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.

Advierte, Sancho —dijo don Quijote—, que el amor ni mira respetos ni guarda términos de razón en sus discursos, y tiene la misma condición que la muerte: que así acomete los altos alcázares de los rey...

Advierte, Sancho —respondió don Quijote—, que hay dos maneras de hermosura: una del alma y otra del cuerpo; la del alma campea y se muestra en el entendimiento, en la honestidad, en el buen proceder,...

Ah, but Senor! exclaimed the niece, your Grace should send them to be burned along with the rest; for I shouldn't wonder at all if my uncle, after he has been cured off this chivalry sickness, reading...

All that you have to do is make proper use of imitation in what you write, and the more perfect the imitation the better will your writing be. Inasmuch as you have no other object in view than that of...

All the world stand, unless all the world confess that in all the world there is no maiden fairer than the Empress of La Mancha, the peerless Dulcinea del Toboso.

All you have to do is try, with meaningful words, properly and effectively arranged, to honestly unroll your sentences and paragraphs, clearly, sensibly, just explaining what you're up to as well and...

And as soon as she appeared in public and her beauty was seen in the open, I can’t tell you how many rich young men, noblemen, and farmers, began to dress up like Grisóstomo and to court her in these...

And if I try to reject him with disdain, I can see that if he does not achieve his ends in the proper way, he will use force, and I shall be dishonored and have no excuse when I am blamed by those who...

Art thou, perchance, mindful of thy enslaved knight who of his own free will hath exposed himself to so great perils, and all to serve thee? Give me tidings of her, oh luminary of the three faces! Per...

Digo que así lo otorgo —respondió don Quijote—, y así podéis, señora, desde hoy más, desechar la malenconía que os fatiga y hacer que cobre nuevos bríos y fuerzas vuestra desmayada esperanza; que, con...

Digo, pues, que los trabajos del estudiante son éstos: principalmente pobreza (no porque todos sean pobres, sino por poner este caso en todo el estremo que pueda ser); y, en haber dicho que padece pob...

Disdain can kill, suspicions true or falsecan bring down patience; and jealousy slayswith grim ferocity; long absence canconfound a life; feared oblivion defeatsthe surest hope for a life of happiness...

Em suma, tanto naquelas leituras se enfrascou, que as noites se lhe passavam a ler desde o sol posto até à alvorada, e os dias, desde o amanhecer até fim da tarde. E assim, do pouco dormir e do muito...