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To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea. - [Clemency] To-day for thee, and to-morrow for me. - [Expectation] Treason pleases, but not the traitor. - [Treason] Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as oil does above water. - [Truth] We must not stand upon trifles. - [Trifles] Well-gotten wealth may lose itself, but the ill-gotten loses its master also. - [Wealth] What is bought is cheaper than a gift. - [Credit] When good luck knocks at the door, let him in and keep him there. - [Luck] When in doubt, lean to the side of mercy. - [Doubt] When we leave this world, and are laid in the earth, the prince walks as narrow a path as the day-laborer. - [Equality] Whoever is ignorant is vulgar. - [Ignorance] Wit and humor belong to genius alone. - [Wit] Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn. [Sp., Como el hacer mal viene de natural cosecha, facilmente se aprende el hacerle.] - Coloquio de los Perros [Evil] Hunger is the best sauce in the world. [Sp., La mejor salsa del mundo es la hambre.] - Don Quixote [Hunger] In a village of La Mancha the name of which I have no desire to recall, there lived not so long ago one of those gentlemen who always have a lance in the rack, an ancient buckler, a skinny nag, and a greyhound for the chase. - Don Quixote, (Putnam's translation) [Books (First Lines)] One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world was better for this. - Don Quixote [Life] One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged. - Don Quixote [Hatters] Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience. - Don Quixote [Proverbs (General)] There is no proverb which is not true. [Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.] - Don Quixote [Proverbs (General)] Until death all is life. (Where there's life there's hope.) [Sp., Hasta la muerte todo es vida.] - Don Quixote [Hope] When you are at Rome, do as you see. [Sp., Cuando a Roma fueres, haz como vieres.] - Don Quixote [Rome] With life many things are remedied. (While there's life there's hope.) [Sp., Con la vida muchas cosas se remedian.] - Don Quixote [Hope] To Rome for everything. [Sp., Y a Roma pro todo.] - Don Quixote (2, 13, 55) [Rome] A man prepared has half fought the battle. [Sp., Hombre apercebido medio combatido.] - Don Quixote (2, 7) [Progress] The rather since every man is the son of his own works. [Sp., Quanto mas que cada uno es hijo de sus obras.] - Don Quixote (bk. I, ch. 4) [Work] Displaying page 4 of 8 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 [4] 5 6 7 8
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