458 Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

A man prepared has half fought the battle.

The beauty of some women has days and seasons, depending upon accidents which diminish or increase it; nay, the very passions of the mind naturally improve or impair it, and very often utterly destroy it.

For me alone Don Quixote was born and I for him. His was the power of action, mine of writing.

To be prepared is half the victory.

He preaches well that lives well.

'Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.

Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.

Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep.