The poet may say or sing, not as things were, but as they ought to have been; but the historian must pen them, not as they ought to have been, but as they really were.


The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Manche,3 (ed. 1788)

Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

The poet may say or sing, not as things were, but as they ought to have been; but the historian must pen them, not as they ought to have been, but as ...

The poet may say or sing, not as things were, but as they ought to have been; but the historian must pen them, not as they ought to have been, but as ...

The poet may say or sing, not as things were, but as they ought to have been; but the historian must pen them, not as they ought to have been, but as ...

The poet may say or sing, not as things were, but as they ought to have been; but the historian must pen them, not as they ought to have been, but as ...