458 Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

One swallow alone does not make a summer.

A knowledge of thyself will preserve thee from vanity.

The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.

The most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.

Never look for the birds of this year in the nests of the last.

Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued

Beware, gentle knight - the greatest monster of them all is reason.

Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.

Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.