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Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes

Tell me thy company and Ill tell thee what thou art.

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

Soul of fibre and heart of oak.

Honesty is the best policy.

I never thrust my nose into other mens porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine: Every man for himself and God for us all.

It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity.

They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains.

Theres no love lost between us.

As ill-luck would have it.

Among the attributes of God although they are all equal mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice.

Take away the cause and the effect ceases.

Urgent necessity prompts many to do things.

Spick and span new.

Fear is sharp-sighted and can see things under ground and much more in the skies.

Dine on little and sup on less.

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

I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.

Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles.

There are only two families in the world as a Grandmother of mine used to say the haves and the have-nots.

All sorrows are bearable if there is bread.