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"40 Miguel de Cervantes Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 29 September 1547. Died: 22 April 1616 | Writer |
In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
Attain Impossible Attempt Absurd
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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

Begging Power Earn
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A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

Proverb Sentence Experience
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Love not what you are but only what you may become.

Love You Become
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Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.

Great Persons Kindness
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How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

How Know Govern
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Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

Sanity Madness Life
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He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Loses Wealth Friend Courage
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Believe there are no limits but the sky.

Believe Limits Sky
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The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

Wealth Possession Application
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Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

Truth Rise Falsehood Water
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That which we are capable of feeling, we are capable of saying.

Capable Feeling Saying
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Let us make hay while the sun shines.

Hay Sun Shines
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The pen is the tongue of the mind.

Pen Tongue Mind
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Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.

Yourself Honey Devour
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A stout heart breaks bad luck.

Heart Luck
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Woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.

Woman's Advice Value Fool
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The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce.

Worst Reconciliation Best Divorce
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There is remedy for all things except death

Remedy Death
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A good name is better than bags of gold.

Good name Better Gold
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It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.

Courage War Weapons
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Seek for good, but expect evil.

Seek Good Expect Evil
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Virtue is the truest nobility.

Virtue Nobility
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Delay always breeds danger.

Delay Breeds Danger
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Great expectations are better than a poor possession.

Expectations Better Poor Possession
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The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away.

Wounds Battle Honor
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Hunger is the best sauce in the world.

Hunger Sauce World
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The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.

Brave man Fortune Man Works
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

Diligence Fortune Idleness Goal
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History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor to the future.

History Actions Witness Future
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Think before thou speakest.

Think Speakest
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There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.

Folly World Man Despair
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He who sings frightens away his ills.

Sings Frightens Ills
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Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.

Envy Virtue Generosity Meanness
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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

Good actions Sons Deeds
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Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.

Love Power Overcome Flight
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It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.

Praise Discipline Submit
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An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Honest Word Bond
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There is no jewel in the world so valuable as a chaste and virtuous woman.

Jewel World Valuable Virtuous woman
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Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one.

Captivity Greatest Evils
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Miguel de Cervantes Quotes & Sayings