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Quotations by Miguel de Cervantes |
No fathers and mothers think their own children ugly - No fathers and mothers think their own children ugly, and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind. The beauty of some women has days and seasons - The beauty of some women has days and seasons, depending upon accidents which diminish or increase it; nay, the very passions of the mind naturally improve or impair it, and very often utterly destroy it. All kinds of beauty do not inspire love - All kinds of beauty do not inspire love: there is a kind of it which pleases only the sight, but does not captivate the affections. The woman who is resolved to be respected - The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself be so even amidst an army of soldiers. |
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