Miguel de Cervantes on calm
Miguel de Cervantes110 quotes“Riches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable.”
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Thou hast seen nothing yet.
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Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Seek for good, but expect evil.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Where envy reigns virtue can’t exist, and generosity doesn’t go with meanness.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Hunger is the best sauce in the world.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Think before thou speakest.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Cunning cheats itself wholly, and other people partially.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Other men’s pains are easily borne.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Beware, gentle knight – the greatest monster of them all is reason.
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