“Let us make hay while the sun shines.”

—  Miguel de Cervantes

Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 11.

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Let us make hay while the sun shines." by Miguel de Cervantes?
Miguel de Cervantes photo
Miguel de Cervantes 178
Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright 1547–1616

Related quotes

Thomas Fuller (writer) photo

“3314. Make Hay, while the Sun shines.”

Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Natasha Bedingfield photo

“Just like the moon, I'll step aside, and let your sun shine while I follow behind…”

Natasha Bedingfield (1981) English singer and songwriter

"Angel" from Pocketful of Sunshine (2007)

John Muir photo

“The sun shines not on us but in us.”

John Muir (1838–1914) Scottish-born American naturalist and author
Torquato Tasso photo

“The time for work is while the sun's light shines,
but every living thing finds peace at night.”

Torquato Tasso (1544–1595) Italian poet

Tempo è da travagliar mentre il sol dura;
Ma nella notte ogni animale ha pace.
Canto VI, stanza 52 (tr. Wickert)
Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)

Adi Shankara photo

“The Atman, the Sun of Knowledge that rises in the sky of the heart, destroys the darkness of the ignorance, pervades and sustains all and shines and makes everything to shine.”

Adi Shankara (788–820) Hindu philosopher monk of 8th century

Source: Atma Bodha (1987), p. 121: Quote nr. 67.

Sophie Scholl photo

“The Sun still shines.”

Sophie Scholl (1921–1943) White Rose member

Die Sonne scheint noch.
These were her last words as depicted in the film, Sophie Scholl - The Final Days (2005) http://www.sophieschollmovie.com/, which was heavily based on Gestapo documents that were in East German archives and not released until 1990. Her last words have also been reported as "God, you are my refuge into eternity" or sometimes "Your heads will fall as well" but there is dispute over whether Sophie or her brother Hans had said this. Hans' last words have been reported as having been Es lebe die Freiheit! ["Long Live Freedom!"]
Disputed

Lewis Carroll photo

“The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright--
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night.”

Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer
Ralph Waldo Emerson photo

“The sun shines today also.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson book Nature

Source: Nature

Melissa de la Cruz photo

“sometimes, when the sun shines, it scorches.”

Melissa de la Cruz (1971) American writer

Source: Sun-Kissed

Related topics