cervantes Quotes

“A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.”

“I believe there's no proverb but what is true they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.”

“He who loses wealth loses much he who loses a friend loses more but he that loses his courage loses all.”

“One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars and the world will be better for this.”

“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.”

“Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.”

“Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.”

“Diligence is the mother of good fortune.”

“The pen is the tongue of the mind.”

“The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.”