Miguel de Cervantes Quotes


It is impossible for good or evil to last forever; and hence it follows that the evil having lasted so long, the good must be now nigh at hand.


Citations

Cervantes, Miguel de. Don Quixote. Translated by John Ormsby, Macmillan, 1885, p. 119.

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Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
  • Born: September 29, 1547
  • Died: April 22, 1616
  • Nationality: Spanish
  • Profession: Spanish Novelist

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language, and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his novel Don Quixote, a work often cited as both the first modern novel and one of the pinnacles of world literature.