Miguel de Cervantes Quotes


You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in the 'versal world but what you can turn your hand into.


Citations

Cervantes, Miguel de. The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha. Translated by Thomas Shelton, Macmillan, 1900, p. 237.

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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.