Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra) ( 10 of 66 )
The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
[Sp., Las necedades del rico por sentencias read more
The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
[Sp., Las necedades del rico por sentencias pasan en el mundo.]
One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged.
One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged.
Can one desire too much of a good thing?
Can one desire too much of a good thing?
Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
[Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.]
Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
[Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.]
Within a stone's throw of it.
Within a stone's throw of it.
There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
Hell is paved with priests' skulls.
Hell is paved with priests' skulls.
This peck of troubles.
This peck of troubles.
It will be seen in the frying of the eggs.
[Sp., Al freir de los huevos lo vera.]
It will be seen in the frying of the eggs.
[Sp., Al freir de los huevos lo vera.]
Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep!
it covers a man all over, thoughts and read more
Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep!
it covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is
meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold,
and cold for the hot. It is the current coin that purchases all
the pleasures of the world cheap; and the balance that sets the
king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even. There is
only one thing, which somebody once put into my head, that I
dislike in sleep; it is, that it resembles death; there is very
little difference between a man in his first sleep, and a man in
his last sleep.
