Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

for it is the business and duty of historians to be exact, truthful, and wholly free from passion, and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor love, should make them swerve from the path of truth, whose mother is history, rival of time, storehouse of deeds, witness for the past, example and counsel for the present, and warning for the future.

Well, the same thing happens in the drama and business of this world, where some play emperors, others pontiffs, in short, all the figures that can be presented in a play, but at the end, which is when life is over, death removes all the clothing that differentiated them, and are all equal in the grave.

Por las cosas que dicen que dije cuando loco, podéis considerar las que diré y haré cuando cuerdo.

The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works.

He had a face like a benediction.

"Cada uno es tal como Dios le hizo, y aún peor muchas veces".

since historians must and ought to be exact, truthful, and absolutely free of passions, for neither interest, fear, rancor, nor affection should make them deviate from the path of the truth, whose mother is history, the rival of time, repository of great deeds, witness to the past, example and adviser to the present, and forewarning to the future.

Aún entre los demonios hay unos peores que otros, y entre muchos malos hombres suele haber alguno bueno.

el tiempo, descubridor de todas las cosas, no se deja ninguna que no las saque a la luz del sol, aunque esté escondida en los senos de la tierra. Y,

It is not the responsibility of knights errant to discover whether the afflicted, the enchained and the oppressed whom they encounter on the road are reduced to these circumstances and suffer this distress for their vices, or for their virtues: the knight's sole responsibility is to succour them as people in need, having eyes only for their sufferings, not for their misdeeds.

Cuando tus tropas están desanimadas, tu espada embotada, agotadas tus fuerzas y tus suministros son escasos, hasta los tuyos se aprovecharán de tu debilidad para sublevarse.

Agora penso que é verdade, como se costuma dizer - disse Mahamut -, que o que a gente sabe sentir sabe dizer, mesmo que algumas vezes a emoção emudeça a língua.

Porque he oído decir que esta que llaman por ahí Fortuna es una mujer borracha y antojadiza, y sobre todo ciega, y, así, no ve lo que hace, ni sabe a quién derriba ni a quién ensalza

Time ripens all things. No man is born wise. Bishops are made of men and not of stones.

a razão da sem-razão que à minha razão se faz, de tal maneira a minha razão enfraquece, que com razão me queixo da vossa formosura; e também quando lia: os altos céus que de vossa divindade divinamente com as estrelas vos fortificam, e vos fazem merecedora do merecimento que merece a vossa grandeza.