Quote #93

Let each man say what he chooses; if because of this I am criticized by the ignorant, I shall not be chastised by the learned.

More from Miguel de Cervantes

  1. I can tell where my own shoe pinches me; and you must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.
  2. 'You are a villain and a scoundrel,' said Don Quixote, 'and you are the one who is vacant and foolish; I have more upstairs than the whore …
  3. In me the need to talk is a primary impulse, and I can't help saying right off what comes to my tongue.
  4. Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.
  5. A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause.
  6. My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.
  7. Take care, your worship, those things over there are not giants but windmills.
  8. Amistades que son ciertas nadie las puede turbar.

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