Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( 29 September 1547 (assumed)22 April 1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright.
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. Use this quote
God bears with the wicked, but not forever. Use this quote
There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it. Use this quote
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope. Use this quote
No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly. Use this quote
That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not. Use this quote
Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune. Use this quote
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn. Use this quote
There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war. Use this quote
Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other. Use this quote
