The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha or just Don Quixote is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615. A founding work of Western literature, it is often labeled as the first modern novel and is considered one of the greatest works ever written. Don Quixote also holds the distinction of being one of the most translated books in the world. These Don Quixote quotes will motivate you.
Best Don Quixote Quotes
- “He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more, but he that loses his courage loses all.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
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“How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Believe there are no limits but the sky.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Love not what you are but only what you may become.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Every man is the son of his own works.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “A good name is better than bags of gold.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “God exalts the man who humbles himself.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
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“Many littles make a much.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals; for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives; and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Facts are the enemy of truth.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “The road to the inn is much better than the stay.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
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“Virtue is the truest nobility.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Seek for good, but expect evil.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Let us make hay while the sun shines.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “One of the effects of fear is to disturb the senses and cause things to appear other than what they are.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
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“The wicked are always ungrateful.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Be not under the dominion of thine own will; it is the vice of the ignorant, who vainly presume on their own understanding.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Give the devil his due.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “By the streets of ‘by and by,’ one arrives at the house of ‘never’.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Woman’s advice has little value, but he who won’t take it is a fool.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Until death it is all life.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Men of great talents, whether poets or historians, seldom escape the attacks of those who, without ever favoring the world with any production of their own, take delight in criticising the works of others.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
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“The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “A stout heart breaks bad luck.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Where envy reigns virtue can’t exist, and generosity doesn’t go with meanness.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Everything disturbs an absent lover.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Cunning cheats itself wholly, and other people partially.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
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“Dine on little, and sup on less.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “When God sends the dawn, he sends it for all.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “That one man scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes - “Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “I do not insist,” answered Don Quixote, “that this is a full adventure, but it is the beginning of one, for this is the way adventures begin.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Whoever is ignorant is vulgar.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Those who’ll play with cats must expect to be scratched.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “A closed mouth catches no flies.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
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“I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “The man who fights for his ideals is alive.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Wit and humor belong to genius alone.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Beware, gentle knight – the greatest monster of them all is reason.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “The pen is the tongue of the mind.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman’s mind?” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
- “Lovers are commonly industrious to make themselves uneasy.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
