“For if he like a madman lived,
At least he like a wise one died.”
Don Quixote's epitaph
Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book IV
“Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 8.
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 8.
“Here is the devil-and-all to pay.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book IV, Ch. 10.
“I never saw a more dreadful battle in my born days.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book IV, Ch. 8.
“Plain as the nose on a man's face.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 4.
“The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book IV, Ch. 10.
“No te asotiles tanto, que te despuntarás…”
Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.
La Gitanilla (The Little Gypsy) (c. 1590–1612; published 1613)
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 19.
“Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 32.
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 7.
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 8.
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book IV, Ch. 10.
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 10.
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 23.
to make a world
de todos ha de haber en el mundo (literally, “There must be of all [types] in the world”)
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book IV, Ch. 6 / El ingenioso caballero Don Quijote de la Mancha, Capítulo VI
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 22.
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 57.
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 2.
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 53.