Wisdom Quote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“... truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of time, depository of deeds, witness of the past, example and lesson to the present, and warning to the future.”

“El que lee mucho y anda mucho, ve mucho y sabe mucho.”

“All I do know is that so long as I'm asleep I'm rid of all fears and hopes and toils and glory, and long live the man who invented sleep, the cloak that covers all human thoughts, the food that takes away hunger, the water that chases away thirst, the fire that warms the cold, the cold that cools the heat and, in short, the universal coinage that can buy anything, the scales and weights that make the shepherd the equal of the king and the fool the equal of the wise man. There's only one drawback about sleep, so I've heard – it's like death, because there's very little difference between a man who's asleep and one who's dead.”

“Facts are the enemy of truth.”

“Here lies a gentleman bold”

“There will come a time in your life when you lose something that matters to you. You'll fight for it and you won't win. But what really matters isn't the war you're waging, it's that you don't lose the person you are in the midst of the battle.”

“When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today.”

“I do not expect old heads on young shoulders.”

“Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.”

“A mind is a terrible instrument for steering a life. It can explain everything but it can’t decide anything.”

“I'm not lost, because I haven't any idea where to go that I might get lost on the way to. I'd”