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12/23/11

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Quotes



“All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind that only pleases the sight but does not captivate the affections.” ~Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

"As the viper, though it kills with it, does not deserve to be blamed for the poison it carries, as it is a gift of nature, neither do I deserve reproach for being beautiful." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

"Can there be hope where fear is?" ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

“Delay always heeds danger.” ~Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra on Delay

“Diligence is the mother of good fortune.” ~Miguel de Cervantes

"Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

"Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds." ~Miguel de Cervantes

"He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.” ~Miguel de Cervantes

"I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.” ~Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra) on Drinking

"I know that everything beautiful attracts love, but I cannot see how, by reason of being loved, that which is loved for its beauty is bound to love that which loves it." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

"If a governor comes out of his government rich, they say he has been a thief; and if he comes out poor, that he has been a noodle and a blockhead." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

"It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

"Love is influenced by no consideration, recognizes no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike the lofty palaces of kings and the humble cabins of shepherds; and when it takes entire possession of a heart, the first thing it does is to banish fear and shame from it." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

"Love is invisible, and comes in and goes out as he likes, without anyone calling him to account for what he does." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

"Love not what you are but what you may become. " ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

“Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.” ~Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra on Quotations

"The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

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