“Give me but that, and let the world rub; there I'll stick.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 7.
Miguel de Cervantes: Quotes about the world
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“Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 42.
“There are only two families in the world, the Haves and the Have-Nots.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 20.
“It takes all sorts (to make a world)”
de todos ha de haber en el mundo (literally, “There must be of all [types] in the world”)
Ch. 6 / El ingenioso caballero Don Quijote de la Mancha, Capítulo VI
Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book IV
“The best sauce in the world is hunger.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 5.
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 68.
“A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world as a public indecency.”
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. 3.
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 11.