Miguel de Cervantes quotes - page 2

Jests that give pains are no jests. (Miguel de Cervantes)
There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends. View quote
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Well, now there's a remedy for everything except death. View quote
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There is no love lost, sir. View quote
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My thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the countryman who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his back. View quote
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Sancho Panza by name, is my own self, if I was not changed in my cradle. View quote
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You're leaping over the hedge before you come to the stile. View quote
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By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece. View quote
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I would have nobody to control me; I would be absolute: and who but I? Now, he that is absolute can do what he likes; he that can do what he likes can take his pleasure; he that can take his pleasure can be content; and he that can be content has no more to desire. So the matter 's over; and come what will come, I am satisfied. View quote
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You cannot eat your cake and have your cake; 48 and store 's no sore. View quote
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They can expect nothing but their labour for their pains. (Miguel de Cervantes)
Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep! It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot. It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap, and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even. View quote
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Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish. View quote
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For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences. View quote
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Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. View quote
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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn. View quote
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Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. View quote
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I have other fish to fry. View quote
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Let every man mind his own business. View quote
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A good name is better than riches. View quote
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Sing away sorrow, cast away care. (Miguel de Cervantes)
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. View quote
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Comparisons are odious. View quote
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In the night all cats are gray. View quote
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Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind. View quote
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