Quotes by Cervantes, Miguel De

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

He preaches well that lives well. >>

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise. >>

Quotations about Slang

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and >>

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly gente >>

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. >>

By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom.

Cervantes, Miguel De