Cervantes Quotes

“You know the opinion of Cervantes? He said that reading a translation is like examining the back of a piece of tapestry.”

“Happy he to whom Heaven has given a piece of bread for which he is not bound to give thanks to any but Heaven itself.”

“It is thumbed and read and got by heart by people of all sorts; the children turn its leaves, the young people read it, the grown men understand it, the old folk praise it.”

“It was next to an impossibility for a man to walk the streets with any delight or without danger.