What did Miguel de Cervantes mean by: You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff. Miguel de Cervantes Writer · Spain Copy
+ The man who fights for his ideals is alive. Author, August 11, 2023January 2, 2025, Miguel de Cervantes, Idealism, Persistence, Vitality, 0 Miguel de Cervantes Writer · Spain
+ Good painter imitates nature, bad ones spews it up. Author, July 1, 2023January 2, 2025, Miguel de Cervantes, Art, Imitation, Nature, 0 Miguel de Cervantes Writer · Spain
+ Other men’s pains are easily borne. Author, October 12, 2023January 2, 2025, Miguel de Cervantes, Empathy, Perspective, Resilience, 0 Miguel de Cervantes Writer · Spain
For if he like a madman lived; At least he like a wise one died. Read explanation Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Miguel de Cervantes, Death, Madness, Wisdom, 0 Miguel de Cervantes Writer · Spain
+ Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves. Author, June 24, 2023January 2, 2025, Miguel de Cervantes, Consequences, Deception, Misfortune, 0 Miguel de Cervantes Writer · Spain
+ A closed mouth catches no flies. Author, July 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Miguel de Cervantes, Awareness, Prevention, Silence, 0 Miguel de Cervantes Writer · Spain
Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Miguel de Cervantes, God's will, Human nature, Sin, 0 Miguel de Cervantes Writer · Spain
Blessed be he who invented sleep, a cloak that covers all a man’s thoughts. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Miguel de Cervantes, Gratitude, Peace, Rest, 0 Miguel de Cervantes Writer · Spain
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The tax code gives you an enormous advantage if you can find some things you can just sit with. Read explanation Charlie Munger Business person
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
