Author: Miguel de Cervantes

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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.

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

- Miguel de Cervantes

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

- Miguel de Cervantes

A closed mouth catches no flies.

A closed mouth catches no flies.

- Miguel de Cervantes

One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.

One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.

- Miguel de Cervantes

Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.

Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.

- Miguel de Cervantes

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

- Miguel de Cervantes

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.

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.

- Miguel de Cervantes

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

- Miguel de Cervantes

To be prepared is half the victory.

To be prepared is half the victory.

- Miguel de Cervantes

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