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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( sur-VAN-teez, -⁠tiz; Spanish: [miˈɣel de θeɾˈβantes sa(.a)ˈβeðɾa]; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616) was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his two-part novel Don Quixote, a work considered to be the first modern novel. Don Quixote has been labelled by many well-known authors as the "best book of all time" and the "best and most central work in world literature".

Quotes from Miguel de Cervantes

Facts are the enemy of truth.

—Miguel de Cervantes

truth reality knowledge facts metaphor

Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.

—Miguel de Cervantes

God creation worse

To be prepared is half the victory.

—Miguel de Cervantes

victory preperation

The eyes those silent tongues of love.

—Miguel de Cervantes

That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.

—Miguel de Cervantes

The most difficult character in comedy is that of a fool, and he must be no simpleton who plays the part.

—Miguel de Cervantes

I say that good painters imitated nature; but that bad ones vomited it.

—Miguel de Cervantes

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

—Miguel de Cervantes

Be brief, for no discourse can please when too long.

—Miguel de Cervantes

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.

—Miguel de Cervantes

The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.

—Miguel de Cervantes