458 Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

Mere flimflam stories, and nothing but shams and lies.

If thou takest virtue for the rule of life, and valuest thyself upon acting in all things comfortably thereto, thou wilt have no cause to envy lords and princes; for blood is inherited, but virtue is common property, and may be acquired by all; it has, moreover, an intrinsic worth, which blood has not.

The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.

He that will not when he may, When he would, he should have nay.

I'll turn over a new leaf.

The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce.

What a man has, so much he is sure of.

There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.