Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, * 29. September 1547 – † 23. April 1616, Spanish writer, dramatist and poet.

Quotes and phrases by Miguel de Cervantes:

“A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.”

“The best sauce in the world is hunger.”

“Love and desire are two different things; not everything that is loved is desired, and not everything that is desired is loved.”

“That’s the nature of women not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.”

“The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.”

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

“He who reads much and walks much, goes far and knows much.”

“I wouldn’t dare to put a pinpoint between a woman’s yes and no there wouldn’t be room.”

“He who loses wealth loses much, he who loses a friend loses more, but he that loses his courage loses all.”

“Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.”

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