Quotes by Cervantes, Miguel De

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly. >>

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground. >>

There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hope >>

Quotations about Fame

It is better to be a has-been than a never-was. >>

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than >>

A sign of celebrity is often that their name is worth more than their >>

If you are ambitious of climbing up to the difficult, and in a manner inaccessible, summit of the Temple of Fame, your surest way is to leave on one hand the narrow path of Poetry, and follow the narrower track of Knight-Errantry, which in a trice may raise you to an imperial throne.

Cervantes, Miguel De