Cervantes: Quotes & Facts
By Books That Inspire / November 22, 2016 / No Comments / Quotes
This book is an anthology of quotes from Cervantes and selected facts about Cervantes. “A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.” “All sorrows are less with bread.” “Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice.” “Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.” “By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece.” “Can we ever have too much of a good thing?” “Every man is the son of his own works.” “Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.” “Every production must resemble its author.” “Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.” “Everything disturbs an absent lover.” “Facts are the enemy of truth.” “Fair and softly goes far.” “Good painters imitate nature, bad ones spew it up.” “He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.” “In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.” “Man appoints, and God disappoints.” “My honor is dearer to me than my life.” “No limits but the sky.” “The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.” “There are only two families in the world, the Haves and the Have-Nots.”