Maxioms by Miguel De Cervantes
Jests that give pains are no jests.
Jests that give pains are no jests.
Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house.
One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house.
'Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies; runs with one, walks gravely with another; turns a third read more
'Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies; runs with one, walks gravely with another; turns a third into ice, and sets a fourth in a flame: it wounds one, another it kills: like lightning it begins and ends in the same moment: it makes that fort yield at night which it besieged but in the morning; for there is no force able to resist it.
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses read more
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.
