Maxioms by Cervantes (miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.
Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.
Here is the devil-and-all to pay.
Here is the devil-and-all to pay.
Sancho Panza by name is my own self, if I was not changed in my
cradle.
Sancho Panza by name is my own self, if I was not changed in my
cradle.
He who sings frightens away his ills.
[Sp., Quien canta, sus males espanta.]
He who sings frightens away his ills.
[Sp., Quien canta, sus males espanta.]
But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the
countryman, who looked for his ass while he read more
But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the
countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his
back.
