458 Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

Though Gods attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.

Experience is the universal mother of sciences.

Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.

I want you to see me naked and performing one or two dozen mad acts, which will take me less than half an hour, because if you have seen them with your own eyes, you can safely swear to any others you might wish to add.

Comparisons are odious.

Death eats up all things, both the young lamb and the old sheep.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

All the vices, Sancho, bring some kind of pleasure with them; but envy brings nothing but irritation, bitterness, and rage.

I do not insist," answered Don Quixote, "that this is a full adventure, but it is the beginning of one, for this is the way adventures begin.