Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra) ( 10 of 66 )
The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
[Sp., Las necedades del rico por sentencias read more
The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
[Sp., Las necedades del rico por sentencias pasan en el mundo.]
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.]
One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged.
One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged.
Hell is paved with priests' skulls.
Hell is paved with priests' skulls.
Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep!
it covers a man all over, thoughts and read more
Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep!
it covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is
meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold,
and cold for the hot. It is the current coin that purchases all
the pleasures of the world cheap; and the balance that sets the
king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even. There is
only one thing, which somebody once put into my head, that I
dislike in sleep; it is, that it resembles death; there is very
little difference between a man in his first sleep, and a man in
his last sleep.
All will come out in the washing.
[Sp., Todo saldra en al colada.]
All will come out in the washing.
[Sp., Todo saldra en al colada.]
There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
Within a stone's throw of it.
Within a stone's throw of it.
Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
[Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.]
Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
[Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.]
This peck of troubles.
This peck of troubles.
