Miguel de Cervantes
View AuthorSir, sorrows were not made for beasts, but for men; but if men feel them too much, they become beasts.
Miguel de Cervantes
View AuthorIf jealousy is a sign of love, it is like a fever in a sick man, where having it is a sign of having life, but a sick and ill-disposed life.
Miguel de Cervantes
View AuthorThe one who does not know how to enjoy good fortune when it comes, should not complain if it passes.
Miguel de Cervantes
View AuthorFreedom, Sancho, is one of the most precious gifts that the heavens gave to men; with it, the treasures that the earth and the sea hold cannot be equaled: for freedom, as well as for honor, life can and should be risked.
Miguel de Cervantes
View AuthorFortune, as they call her, is a drunken and capricious woman, and above all, blind, so she does not see what she does, nor does she know whom she knocks down.
Miguel de Cervantes
View AuthorThere can be love without jealousy, but not without fears.
Miguel de Cervantes
View AuthorDon't walk, Sancho, loose and slack, for the disheveled clothing gives indications of a downcast spirit.
Miguel de Cervantes
View AuthorFriendships that are true, no one can disturb them.
Miguel de Cervantes
View AuthorIt's better to have the shame on your face than the stain on your heart.
Miguel de Cervantes
View AuthorGood and true friendship should not be suspicious in any way.
Miguel de Cervantes
View AuthorBe brief in your reasoning, for none is enjoyable if it is long.
Miguel de Cervantes
View AuthorThere are only two lineages in the world, as my grandmother used to say, which are having and not having.