Miguel De Cervantes Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Miguel De Cervantes quotes, Miguel De Cervantes sayings, and Miguel De Cervantes proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation. Miguel de Cervantes
As the occasion, so the behavior. Miguel de Cervantes
Where one door shuts another opens. Miguel de Cervantes
My love and hers have always been purely platonic. Miguel de Cervantes
The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one. Miguel de Cervantes
The hands and fingers have a good deal to do with stealing; and the history of many a man's life is written by his ten fingers. Miguel de Cervantes
Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water. Miguel de Cervantes
Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills. Miguel de Cervantes
Miracle me no miracles. Miguel de Cervantes
Be slow of tongue and quick of eye. Miguel de Cervantes
Sing away sorrow, cast away care. Miguel de Cervantes
Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes. Miguel de Cervantes
The ass will carry his load, but not a double load. Ride not a free horse to death. Miguel de Cervantes
The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works. Miguel de Cervantes
He preaches well who lives well. Miguel de Cervantes
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes. Miguel de Cervantes
My honor is dearer to me than my life. Miguel de Cervantes
He got the better of himself, and that's the best kind of victory one can wish for. Miguel de Cervantes
Necessity urges desperate measures. Miguel de Cervantes
It's like swimming, once you learn it you never forget it. Miguel de Cervantes
Be brief, for no discourse can please when too long. Miguel de Cervantes
I say that good painters imitated nature, but that bad ones vomited it. Miguel de Cervantes
Comparisons are odious. Miguel de Cervantes
Virtue is the truest nobility. Miguel de Cervantes
He who loses wealth loses much. He who loses a friend loses more. But he who loses his courage loses all. Miguel de Cervantes
In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd. Miguel de Cervantes