Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra) ( 10 of 66 )
This peck of troubles.
This peck of troubles.
Can one desire too much of a good thing?
Can one desire too much of a good thing?
Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get
blunted.
Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get
blunted.
I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no
occasion.
I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no
occasion.
All that glisters is not gold.
All that glisters is not gold.
One swallow alone does not make the summer.
[Sp., Una golondrina sola no hace verano.]
One swallow alone does not make the summer.
[Sp., Una golondrina sola no hace verano.]
He had a face like a benediction (blessing).
He had a face like a benediction (blessing).
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 would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should
have my will, and having my read more
I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should
have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when
one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there
is no more to be desired, there is an end of it.
He who sings frightens away his ills.
[Sp., Quien canta, sus males espanta.]
He who sings frightens away his ills.
[Sp., Quien canta, sus males espanta.]
