Love not what you are but only what you may become.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTESHappy 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.
More Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
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Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.
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Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world
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Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
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Virtue is the truest nobility.
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Let us make hay while the sun shines.
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God who gives the wound gives the salve.
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Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.
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Where there’s music there can be no evil.
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A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
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Lovers are commonly industrious to make themselves uneasy.
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Where envy reigns virtue can’t exist, and generosity doesn’t go with meanness.
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It is good to live and learn.
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The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.
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Seek for good, but expect evil.
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Get the better of yourself – this is the best kind of victory.
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Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.
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One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.
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When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?
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The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away.
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How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?
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Since we have a good loaf, let us not look for cheesecakes.
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Give the devil his due.
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That which we are capable of feeling, we are capable of saying.
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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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Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles.
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I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
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