Miguel de Cervantes on family
Miguel de Cervantes110 quotes“There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.”
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Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Dine on little, and sup on less.
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Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Let every man look before he leaps.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes God who gives the wound gives the salve.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes The ass bears the load, but not the overload.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Fortune may have yet a better success in reserve for you and they who lose today may win tomorrow.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes 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.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Believe there are no limits but the sky.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Get the better of yourself – this is the best kind of victory.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Until death it is all life.
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