Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( sur-VAN-teez, -tiz, Spanish: [miˈɣel de θeɾˈβantes saaˈβeðɾa]; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) was an Early Modern 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...
In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
I say that good painters imitated nature; but that bad ones vomited it.
Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.