Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTESMake yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
More Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
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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.
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Other men’s pains are easily borne.
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Happy the man to whom heaven has given a morsel of bread without laying him under the obligation of thanking any other for it than heaven itself.
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Great expectations are better than a poor possession.
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A stout heart breaks bad luck.
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The pen is the tongue of the mind.
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Virtue is the truest nobility.
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Many littles make a much.
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Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.
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The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
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Think before thou speakest.
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Cunning cheats itself wholly, and other people partially.
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A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket.
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It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.
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Since we have a good loaf, let us not look for cheesecakes.
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Let us make hay while the sun shines.
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He who gives early gives twice.
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To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.
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Tell me what company thou keepest and I’ll tell thee what thou art.
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There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.
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Fortune may have yet a better success in reserve for you and they who lose today may win tomorrow.
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Beware, gentle knight – the greatest monster of them all is reason.
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Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles.
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Delay always breeds danger.
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There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.
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