Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra) ( 6 of 66 )
He had a face like a benediction (blessing).
He had a face like a benediction (blessing).
The pitcher goes so often to the fountain (that if gets broken).
[Sp., Tantas veces va el cantarillo a read more
The pitcher goes so often to the fountain (that if gets broken).
[Sp., Tantas veces va el cantarillo a la fuente.]
He had scarcely gone a short league, when Fortune, that was
conducting his affairs from good to better, discovered read more
He had scarcely gone a short league, when Fortune, that was
conducting his affairs from good to better, discovered to him the
road, where he also espied an Inn. Sancho positively maintained
it was an Inn, and his master that it was a castle; and the
dispute lasted so long that they arrived there before it was
determined.
Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.
Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.
I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.
I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
