Miguel de Cervantes - Man Quotes

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There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.

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

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Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.

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Happy the man to whom heaven has given a morsel of bread without laying him under the obligation of thanking any other for it than heaven itself.

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Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable

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There are two kinds of beauty, one being of the soul and the other of the body, That of the soul is revealed through intelligence, modesty, right conduct, Generosity and good breeding, all of which qualities may exist in an ugly man; And when one's gaze is fixed upon beauty of this sort and not upon that of the body, Love is usually born suddenly and violently.

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An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

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Time ripens all things. No man is born wise. Bishops are made of men and not of stones.

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Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

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I was ever charitable and good to the poor, and scorn to take the bread out of another man's mouth. On the other side, by our Lady, they shall play me no foul play. I am an old cur at a crust, and can sleep dog-sleep when I list. I can look sharp as well as another, and let me alone to keep the cobwebs out of my eyes. I know where the shoe wrings me. I will know who and who is together. Honesty is the best policy, I will stick to that. The good shall have my hand and heart, but the bad neither foot nor fellowship. And in my mind, the main point of governing, is to make a good beginning.

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I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado, or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man's table.

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But if you build your life on dreams it's prudent to recall; a man with moonlight in his hands has nothing there at all.

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Here lies a gentleman bold Who was so very brave He went to lengths untold, And on the brink of the grave Death had on him no hold. By the world he set small store— He frightened it to the core— Yet somehow, by Fate's plan, Though he'd lived a crazy man, When he died he was sane once more.

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'Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.

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Once a woman parts with her virtue, she loses the esteem even of the man whose vows and tears won her to abandon it.

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The beginning of health lies in knowing the disease and in the sick man's willingness to take the medicines which the physician prescribes...

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No man is more than another unless he does more than another.

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Every tooth in a man's head is more valuable than a diamond.

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For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

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When a man says, "Get out of my house! what would you have with my wife?" there is no answer to be made.

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'Tis the maddest trick a man can ever play in his whole life, to let his breath sneak out of his body without any more ado, and without so much as a rap o'er the pate, or a kick of the guts; to go out like the snuff of a farthing candle, and die merely of the mulligrubs, or the sullens.

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It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.

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I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine; every man for himself, and God for us all.

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A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse. 'Tis good to keep a nest egg. Every little makes a mickle.

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After meat comes mustard; or, like money to a starving man at sea, when there are no victuals to be bought with it.

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Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals; for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives; and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.

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Let each man say what he chooses; if because of this I am criticized by the ignorant, I shall not be chastised by the learned.

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He has an oar in every man's boat, and a finger in every pie.

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It is not the hand but the understanding of a man that may be said to write.

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Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness — its opposite — never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

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