Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra) ( 10 of 66 )
All that glisters is not gold.
All that glisters is not gold.
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.
Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.
You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.
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 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.]
He had a face like a benediction (blessing).
He had a face like a benediction (blessing).
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.
More knave than fool.
More knave than fool.
