Miguel de Cervantes quotes

" A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. " # Proverbs

" Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn. " # Aid and Assistance # Freedom # Power

" Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched. " # Danger # Cats # Love

" To be prepared is half the victory. " # Planning # Victory # Preparation

" Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse. " # Creation

" There's not the least thing can be said or done, but people will talk and find fault. " # Faults

" Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art. " # Company # Arts and Artists # Friends and Friendship

" Be slow of tongue and quick of eye. " # Caution

" That's the nature of women ... not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not. " # Love

" And for the citation of so many authors, 'tis the easiest thing in nature. Find out one of these books with an alphabetical index, and without any farther ceremony, remove it verbatim into your own... there are fools enough to be thus drawn into an opinion of the work; at least, such a flourishing train of attendants will give your book a fashionable air, and recommend it for sale. " # Plagiarism # Books - Reading # Writers and Writing