Don Quixote

Character in Don Quixote From: Don Quixote

The protagonist; an aging Spanish gentleman who loses his sanity and becomes a knight-errant

472 quotes

"There is no greater proof of love than to be willing to die for another."
Love
"A warrior's greatest victory is over himself."
Perseverance
"Tell me what company thou keepest, and I'll tell thee what thou art."
Friendship
"A knight errant without a lady-love is like a tree without leaves."
Love
"Well, now that I see thee before me, I see that the deeds of knights errant are not vanity."
Adventure
"There's no book so bad but it has something good in it."
Education
"The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth."
Truth
"Let the dead bury their dead."
Philosophy
"Art is long and life is short."
Art
"The greatest pleasure of a generous soul is to oblige others."
Kindness
"Wit and prudence are the two pillars of the temple of virtue."
Wisdom
"The proof of a good intention lies in the act."
Motivation
"Where there is music there can be no ill."
Music
"It is the nature of the world to turn to extremes."
Philosophy
"A cowardly knight is a contradiction in terms."
Courage
"Is there anything more delightful to a well-ordered mind than the practice of virtue?"
Wisdom
"When the head aches the whole body is sick."
Health
"The will of man is the measure of all things."
Philosophy
"Knowledge without practice is like fruit that never ripens."
Knowledge
"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."
Gratitude
"A man may promise anything, but perform only what he can."
Truth
"The pen is mightier than the sword in the hands of those who know how to use it."
Literature
"There is a remedy for everything except death."
Hope
"The greatest pleasure of a thinking man is to learn the causes of things."
Knowledge
"Hunger and cold and fatigue are the true teachers of virtue."
Perseverance
"It is not the number of books that makes learning, but the quality of what is read."
Education
"A knight without a lady love is like a tree without leaves or a building without a foundation."
Love
"Patience is a virtue, and I am the patron saint of patience."
Patience
"The envious man torments himself as much as he does his neighbor."
Wisdom
"To sleep is to die; therefore, the vigilant live longest."
Wisdom