Author: Miguel de Cervantes

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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

It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.

It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.

- Miguel de Cervantes

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

- Miguel de Cervantes

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

- Miguel de Cervantes

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

- Miguel de Cervantes

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

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

- 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

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

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

- Miguel de Cervantes

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