"Ah, senor!" said the niece, "your worship had better order these to be burned as well as the others; for it would be no wonder if, after being cured… - Miguel de Cervantes

"Ah, senor!" said the niece, "your worship had better order these to be burned as well as the others; for it would be no wonder if, after being cured of his chivalry disorder, my uncle, by reading these, took a fancy to turn shepherd and range the woods and fields singing and piping; or, what would be still worse, to turn poet, which they say is an incurable and infectious malady."

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About Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (29 September 1547 – 23 April 1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet and playwright. He is most famous for his novel Don Quixote, or Don Quijote de la Mancha, which is considered by many to be the first modern novel, one of the greatest works in Western literature, and the greatest of the Spanish language.

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What is more dangerous than to become a poet? which is, as some say, an incurable and infectious disease.

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Eso me parece, Sancho — dijo don Quijote — , a lo que sucedió a un famoso poeta destos tiempos, el cual, habiendo hecho una maliciosa sátira contra todas las damas cortesanas, no puso ni nombró en ella a una dama que se podía dudar si lo era o no; la cual, viendo que no estaba en la lista de las demás, se quejó al poeta, diciéndole que qué había visto en ella para no ponerla en el número de las otras, y que alargase la sátira, y la pusiese en el ensanche; si no, que mirase para lo que había nacido. Hízolo así el poeta, y púsola cual no digan dueñas, y ella quedó satisfecha, por verse con fama, aunque infame.

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