Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)

Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.
[Sp., No con quien naces, sino con read more

Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.
[Sp., No con quien naces, sino con quien paces.]

My heart is wax to be moulded as she pleases, but enduring as
marble to retain.

My heart is wax to be moulded as she pleases, but enduring as
marble to retain.

Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.
[Sp., No arrojemos la soga tras el caldero.]

Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.
[Sp., No arrojemos la soga tras el caldero.]

Until death all is life.
(Where there's life there's hope.)
[Sp., Hasta la muerte todo es vida.]

Until death all is life.
(Where there's life there's hope.)
[Sp., Hasta la muerte todo es vida.]

Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.

Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.