Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

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Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.

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One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.

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Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

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Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

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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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For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

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There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

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The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

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The eyes those silent tongues of love.

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No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.

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To be prepared is half the victory.

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In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

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Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

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A closed mouth catches no flies.

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