Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra – 22 April 1616), was a Spanish writer who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth29 September 1547
CountrySpain
attractive attributes eyes mercy pleasing though
Though God's attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.
men mind sin
Let every man mind his own business.
military war blessing
Let me leap out of the frying-pan into the fire; or, out of God's blessing into the warm sun.
blessing heaven liberty
Liberty ... is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.
sorrow care sin
Sing away sorrow, cast away care.
forever missing literature
I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.
blessing grace faces
He had a face like a blessing.
heaven rising helping
Heaven's help is better than early rising.
world sin this-world
A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.
sleep blessing
Blessings on him, who invented sleep.
sin motive
Take away the motive, and you take away the sin.
happiness singing-songs singing
He who sings frightens away his ills.