Absence, that common cure of love.
Love
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Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
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Tell me what company you keep, and I'll tell you what you are.
Wisdom
Fear is sharp-sighted, and can see things underground, and much more in the skies.
Courage
There's no sauce in the world like hunger.
Life
Everyone is as God made him, and often a great deal worse.
Wisdom
Proverbs are short sayings drawn from long experience.
Wisdom
'Tis the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket.
Wisdom
There are only two families in the world, as a grandmother of mine used to say: the haves and the have-nots.
Life
Blessings on him who invented sleep, the cloak that covers all human thoughts, the food that satisfies hunger, the drink that quenches thirst, the fire that warms cold, the cold that moderates heat, and, lastly, the common currency that buys all things, the balance and weight that equalizes the shepherd and the king, the simpleton and the sage.
Life
Time ripens all things. No man is born wise.
Wisdom
A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world as a public indecency.
Life