Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

Be brief in your reasoning, for none is enjoyable if it is long.

There are only two lineages in the world, as my grandmother used to say, which are having and not having.

When one door closes, another one opens.

Someone is considered bold when compared to others. Some I believe were so discreet that they did not compare themselves to anyone but themselves.

Trust in time, which often gives sweet outcomes to many bitter difficulties.

Music composes the discomposed spirits and relieves the labors that arise from the spirit.

Honest words give us a clear indication of the honesty of the person who speaks or writes them.

Rarely or never is ambition fulfilled without harm to others.

Eat little and dine less, for the health of the whole body is forged in the office of the stomach.

The year that is abundant in poetry, tends to be abundant in hunger.

Since you are not experienced in the ways of the world, everything that poses some difficulty seems impossible to you.

Good deeds are never unrewarded.