Authors, Spanish -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- Biography; Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
“The fire gives light, and the flames brightness, and yet they may
both destroy us.”--II. 34.
“We make less account of that which costs us little.”--II. 34.
“A good heart overcomes evil fortune.--II. 35.
“The ass laden with gold mounts lightly up the hill.”--II. 35.
“There is nothing that costs less than civility.”--II. 36.
“There is no avenging yourself upon a rich man.”--II. 37.
“You may lose as well by a card too much as by a card too
little.”--II. 37.
“Make yourself into honey and the flies will devour you.”--II. 43,
49.
“To ‘Get out of my house!’ and ‘What do you want with my wife?’
there is no answer.”--II. 43.
“We are all equals when we are asleep.”--II. 43.
“The foolish sayings of the rich man pass for saws in
society.”--II. 43.
“As much as you have, so much you are worth.”--II. 43.
“Heaven always favours good desires.”--II. 43.
“To whom God wishes well, his house knows it.”--II. 43.
“There can be no true pleasantry without discretion.”--II. 44.
“We do not know what is good until we have lost it.”--II. 48.
“It is better for him whom God helps than for him who always rises
early.”--II. 49.
“She who desires to see, desires also to be seen.”--II. 49.
“When God sends the dawn, He sends it for all.”--II. 49.
“As long as I am warm, let them laugh (who will).”--II. 50.
“Ingratitude is the child of pride.”--II. 51.
“When you are at Rome, do as you see.”--II. 54.
“Man proposes and God disposes.”--II. 55.
“Until death, all is life.”--II. 59.
“He who falls to-day, may rise to-morrow.”--II. 65.
“Said the pot to the kettle, ‘Get away, blackface!’”--II. 67.
“What the eyes see not, breaks not the heart.”--II. 67.
“The righteous sometimes suffer for sinners.”--II. 67.
“Do away with the motive, and you do away with the sin.”--II. 67.
“He who rails is not far from forgiving.”--II. 70.
CHRONOLOGICAL REPERTOIRE OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE LIFE OF CERVANTES.
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