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I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of Quixote, shown how all such efforts fail.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about criminals, man, fairy tales

A closed mouth catches no flies.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes

A person dishonored is worst than dead.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about man, people

A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about sin, public, world

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about experience

Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about soul, music

Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about fear, reason

Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about danger

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about purpose, wealth, mother, good, good luck, man

Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about promise, drinking, secret

Every man is as God made him, ay, and often worse.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about god, man

Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about man

Every man is the son of his own works.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about man

Fair and softly goes far.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about eyes, fear, things

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about hunger, weakness, heads, time, man

For if he like a madman lived, At least he like a wise one died.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes

Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about victory

From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about judgment, brain

God bears with the wicked, but not forever.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about god