Quote #94

'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 who bore you ever did.'

More from Miguel de Cervantes

  1. 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.
  2. Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.
  3. I can tell where my own shoe pinches me; and you must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.
  4. My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.
  5. In me the need to talk is a primary impulse, and I can't help saying right off what comes to my tongue.
  6. Amistades que son ciertas nadie las puede turbar.
  7. A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause.
  8. Amor y deseo son dos cosas diferentes; que no todo lo que se ama se desea, ni todo lo que se desea se ama.

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