Miguel de Cervantes Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“A closed mouth catches no flies.”

“In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.”

“Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.”

“No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.”

“Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.”

“When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.”

“For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.”

“Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.”

“Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.”

“Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.”