The Mock Serenade (Cervantes' Don Quixote) by Gustave Doré
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"In short, our gentleman became so caught up in reading that he spent his nights reading from dusk till dawn and his days reading from sunrise to sunset, and so with too little sleep and too much reading his brains dried up, causing him to lose his mind."
- Miguel de Cervantes, from Don Quixote, 1605. Illustration, 1863, by Gustave Doré.
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“… perché né il bene né il male possono durare in eterno; e quindi ne consegue che, poiché il male è durato a lungo, il bene deve essere ormai vicino.”
— Miguel de Cervantes , Don Chisciotte
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"Ah hafıza, huzurumun baş düşmanı."
Don Kişot, Miguel de Cervantes
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Non sono poi tante le persone in grado di comprendere i fatti senza travisarli.
Miguel de Cervantes, "Don Chisciotte della Mancia" , 1605; parte prima, cap. XX
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When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!
— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
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The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Amore e desiderio sono due cose distinte: non tutto ciò che si ama si desidera, né tutto ciò che si desidera si ama.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Alcalá de Henares, 29 settembre 1547 – Madrid, 22 aprile 1616)
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Don Quixote setting out on his Adventures by Gustave Doré
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"Now I say," said Don Quixote at this point, "that the man who reads a good deal and travels a good deal, sees a good deal and knows a good deal."
- Miguel de Cervantes, from Don Quixote, 1605. Translation 2003 by Edith Grossman. Illustration 1863 by Gustave Doré.
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"Más vale la pena en el rostro, que la mancha en el corazón."
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Dio benedica chi ha inventato il sonno, mantello che avvolge i pensieri di tutti gli uomini, cibo che soddisfa ogni fame, peso che equilibra le bilance e accomuna il mandriano al re, lo stolto al saggio.
Miguel de Cervantes, da Don Chisciotte
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Miguel de Cervantes
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