Miguel de Cervantes Quotes and Quotations
There are only two families in the world, as a Grandmother of mine used to say, the haves and the have-nots. Let us forget and forgive injuries. A man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him. Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art. The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works. Ne'er look for the birds of this year in the nests of the last. They who lose today may win tomorrow. Take away the cause, and the effect ceases. Urgent necessity prompts many to do things. One of the effects of fear is to disturb the senses and cause things to appear other than what they are. Fear is sharp-sighted, and can see things under ground, and much more in the skies. Valour lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice. He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he who loses his courage loses all. Faint heart never won fair lady. The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts. Valour lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice. Delay always breeds danger, and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works. A stout heart breaks bad luck. The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part. All that glisters is not gold. The pen is the tongue of the mind. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket. Be slow of tongue and quick of eye. Every one is as God made him, and often a great deal worse. He who sings frightens away his ills. All will come out in the washing. Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art. Said the pot to die kettle, "Get away, blackface." Here is the devil-and-all to pay. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. He had a face like a benediction. There is no remembrance which time does not obliterate, nor pain which death does not terminate. Soul of fibre and heart of oak. Honesty is the best policy. I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine: Every man for himself and God for us all. It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity. They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains. There's no love lost between us. As ill-luck would have it. Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice. Spick and span new. Dine on little, and sup on less. I can tell where my own shoe pinches me. Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles. All sorrows are bearable, if there is bread. One swallow alone does not make the summer. Make hay while the sun shines. My thoughts ran a wool-gathering. The mean of true valor lies between the extremes of cowardice and rashness. God bears with the wicked, but not forever. Mum is the word. Urgent necessity prompts many to do things. Urgent necessity prompts many to do things. Urgent necessity prompts many to do things. Urgent necessity prompts many to do things. Urgent necessity prompts many to do things. Urgent necessity prompts many to do things. Urgent necessity prompts many to do things. Urgent necessity prompts many to do things.
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