Miguel de Cervantes quotes

Miguel de Cervantes was a Spanish writer and novelist, widely regarded as one of the greatest authors in world literature. His most famous work, "Don Quixote," is considered the first modern European novel and has had a lasting influence on literature. He is celebrated for his innovative storytelling and profound impact on Western culture. Here are 283 of his quotes:

History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor to the future.

Miguel de Cervantes

The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.

Miguel de Cervantes

Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.

Miguel de Cervantes

Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other.

Miguel de Cervantes

When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.

Miguel de Cervantes

Thou hast seen nothing yet.

Miguel de Cervantes

Fair and softly goes far.

Miguel de Cervantes

It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.

Miguel de Cervantes

The eyes those silent tongues of love.

Miguel de Cervantes

Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.

Miguel de Cervantes

A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket.

Miguel de Cervantes

A closed mouth catches no flies.

Miguel de Cervantes

Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.

Miguel de Cervantes

He had a face like a blessing.

Miguel de Cervantes

A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.

Miguel de Cervantes

That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.

Miguel de Cervantes

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

Miguel de Cervantes

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

Miguel de Cervantes

There were but two families in the world, Have-much and Have-little.

Miguel de Cervantes

Jests that give pains are no jests.

Miguel de Cervantes

Where one door shuts another opens.

Miguel de Cervantes

Hunger is the best sauce in the world.

Miguel de Cervantes