458 Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.

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.

Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher.

One of the effects of fear is to disturb the senses and cause things to appear other than what they are.

Be temperate in your drinking, remembering that too much wine cannot keep either a secret or a promise.

There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends.

Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.

Let the worst come to the worst.

I am almost frightened out of my seven senses.