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612684d for the truth may run fine but will not break, and always rises above falsehood as oil above water; Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
5f8c42d After the gratifications of brutish appetites are past, the greatest pleasure then is to get rid of that which entertained it. sex humor life love truth battle-of-the-sexes dorothea don-quixote lust pleasure Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
b2749b2 Lifting up his hand to her, he said, "Here, madam, take the hand, or rather, as I may say, the executioner of all earthy miscreants-take, I say, that hand which never woman touched before; no, not even she herself who has entire possession of my whole body; nor do I hold it up to you that you may kiss it, but that you may observe the contexture of the sinews, the ligament of the muscles, and the largeness and dilation of the veins; whence y.. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
6530f15 But I have heard it said," said Don Quixote, "that troubles take wing for the man who can sing." Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
a9745b7 friend to friend no more draws near, and the jester's cane has become a spear Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
bd3709c That is the nature of women," said Don Quixote. "They reject the man who loves them and love the man who despises them." Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
0c43673 I'm a peaceful, mild, and quiet man, and I know how to conceal any insult because I have a wife and children to support and care for. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
f7e7c60 Love is invisible, and comes in and goes out as he likes, without anyone calling him to account for what he does. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
2c2a25a Do we know exactly who we are? The more urgently we quest for our authentic selves, the more they tend to recede. The Knight and Sancho, as the great work closes, know exactly who they are, not so much by their adventures as through their marvelous conversations, be they quarrels or exchanges of insights. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
d56ffad How is it possible that things so trivial and so easy to remedy can have the power to perplex and absorb an intelligence as mature as yours, and one so ready to demolish and pass over much greater difficulties? Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
b489e77 Your grace, come back, Senor Don Quixote, I swear to God you're charging sheep ! Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
529c46a Limpias, pues, sus armas, hecho del morrion celada, puesto nombre a su rocin y confirmandose a si mismo, se dio a entender que no le faltaba otra cosa sino buscar una dama de quien enamorarse; porque el caballero andante sin amores era arbol sin hojas y sin fruto y cuerpo sin alma"." don-quijote-de-la-mancha quijote quixote español don-quijote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
011181f Having cleaned his armor and made a full helmet out of a simple headpiece, and having given a name to his horse and decided on one for himself, he realized that the only thing left for him to do was to find a lady to love; for the knight errant without a lady-love was a tree without leaves or fruit, a body without a soul. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
20c1c74 No con quien naces, sino con quien paces. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
b07238b You are a coward by nature, Sancho, said don Quixote, yet to prevent you from claiming I am obstinate and never do as you recommend, just this once I shall take your advice and keep my distance from the fury that so frightens you, but on one condition: never, in life or in death, will you tell anyone that I retreated from this peril out of fear, but rather acceded to your entreaties; and if you say anything else, you will be lying, and I gi.. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
f8c64fc he who does not know how to take advantage of luck when it comes to him, has no right to complain if it gives him the go-by; Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
86a0bf8 But our depraved age does not deserve to enjoy such a blessing as those ages enjoyed when knights-errant took upon their shoulders the defence of kingdoms, the protection of damsels, the succour of orphans and minors, the chastisement of the proud, and the recompense of the humble. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
9d76552 All you have to do is try, with meaningful words, properly and effectively arranged, to honestly unroll your sentences and paragraphs, clearly, sensibly, just explaining what you're up to as well and as powerfully as you can. Let your ideas be understood without making them complicated or obscure. And see, too, if your pages can make sad men laugh as they read, and make smiling men even happier; try to keep simple men untroubled, and wise m.. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
a8b756f there are many theologians who are not good in the pulpit but are excellent at recognizing the lacks or excesses of those who preach. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
7607a9d Let each look to himself and not try to make out white black, and black white; for each of us is as God made him, aye, and often worse. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
bdec34c If one were to reply that those who compose these books write them as fictions, and therefore are not obliged to consider the fine points of truth, I should respond that the more truthful the fiction, the better it is, and the more probable and possible, the more pleasing. Fictional tales must engage the minds of those who read them, and by restraining exaggeration and moderating impossibility, they enthrall the spirit and thereby astonish,.. writing Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
8036721 Yo no creo en brujas, pero que las hay, las hay. witches humor Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
e290aed But what distressed him greatly was not having another hermit there to confess him and to receive consolation from; and so he solaced himself with pacing up and down the little meadow, and writing and carving on the bark of trees and on the fine sand a multitude of verses all in harmony with his sadness Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
46126df he who has the good to his hand and chooses the bad, that the good he complains of may not come to him. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
50770d3 Open thine arms and receive, too, thy son Don Quixote, who, if he comes vanquished by the arm of another, comes victor over himself, which, as he himself has told me, is the greatest victory anyone can desire. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
061fb7e this was the first time that he thoroughly felt and believed himself to be a knight-errant in reality and not merely in fancy, now that he saw himself treated in the same way as he had read of such knights being treated in days of yore. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
0cb0301 I swear to hold my tongue about it till the end of your worship's days, and God grant I may be able to let it out tomorrow humour Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
d30eb8a let his sin be his punishment, let him eat it with his bread, and let that be an end to it. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
ec16339 In the shadow of feigned cripples and false wounds come the strong arms of thieves and very healthy drunkards. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
d9d4bc7 He tried his luck again, and things went so smoothly that with no more noise or disturbance than the last time, he found himself rid of the burden that had caused him so much grief. But since Don Quixote had a sense of smell as acute as his hearing, and Sancho was joined so closely to him, and the vapors rose up almost in a straight line, some unavoidably reached his nostrils, and as soon as they did he came to the assistance of his nostril.. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
4d41572 When a rich man is hurt, his wail goeth heavens high. (Sancho Panza) Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
6244eeb also saw that the number of simpleminded men is greater than that of the prudent, and though it is better to be praised by a few wise men and mocked by many fools, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
774a4a0 In any case, Cide Hamete Benengeli was a very careful historian, and very accurate in all things, as can be clearly seen in the details he relates to us, for although they are trivial and inconsequential, he does not attempt to pass over them in silence; his example could be followed by solemn historians who recount actions so briefly and succinctly that we can barely taste them, and leave behind in the inkwell, through carelessness, malice.. writing Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
883bd9e 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. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
7a0266c And what hast thou gained by the government?" asked Ricote. "I have gained," said Sancho, "the knowledge that I am no good for governing," Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
fb35933 he'd just fallen off a rock and got a little bit spifflicated in the ribs. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
01955db The landlord replied he had no chickens, for the kites had stolen them. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
00968c3 Here, then, I say is what the student has to undergo; first of all poverty: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
c39fab7 Esa es natural condicion de mujeres --dijo don Quijote--: desdenar a quien las quiere y amar a quien las aborrece. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
6765e1a In short, he became so absorbed in his books that he spent his nights from sunset to sunrise, and his days from dawn to dark, poring over them; and what with little sleep and much reading his brains got so dry that he lost his wits. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
7a361dd In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance in the lance-rack, an old buckler, a lean hack, and a greyhound for coursing. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
d81c4a1 windmills were giants, and the monks' mules dromedaries, flocks of sheep armies of enemies, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
ae120a8 Sois un grandisimo bellaco, y vos sois el vacio y el menguado, que yo estoy mas lleno que jamas lo estuvo la muy hideputa puta que os pario. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
07ff3f3 It is a balsam," answered Don Quixote, "the receipt of which I have in my memory, with which one need have no fear of death, or dread dying of any wound; and so when I make it and give it to thee thou hast nothing to do when in some battle thou seest they have cut me in half through the middle of the body--as is wont to happen frequently,--but neatly and with great nicety, ere the blood congeal, to place that portion of the body which shall.. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra