Miguel de Cervantes was a Spanish author who is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the Spanish language. His most famous work, Don Quixote, is a novel that tells the story of a man who sets out to revive chivalry and becomes a knight-errant. The novel has had a profound impact on literature and is considered a masterpiece of world literature.
He who sings scares away his woes.
Miguel de Cervantes – Don Quixote
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Miguel de Cervantes – Don Quixote
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
Miguel de Cervantes – Don Quixote
It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
Miguel de Cervantes – Don Quixote
One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world was better for this.
Miguel de Cervantes – Don Quixote
Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
Miguel de Cervantes – Don Quixote
The part that death can have is not large.
Miguel de Cervantes – Don Quixote
Excess of courtesy is discourtesy.
Miguel de Cervantes – Don Quixote
By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom.
Miguel de Cervantes – Don Quixote