Short Quotes · Page 21

Big wisdom in few words—the best short quotes pack a lifetime of insight into a single sentence. Perfect for captions, cards, or a moment of daily reflection.

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“We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.”

— Cicero

“No one can be happy without virtue.”

— Cicero

“I should prefer uneloquent good sense to loquacious folly.”

— Cicero

“By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Can we ever have too much of a good thing?”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Let every man mind his own business.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Sing away sorrow, cast away care.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Ill luck, you know, seldom comes alone.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“My honor is dearer to me than my life.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Delay always breeds danger.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Let us forget and forgive injuries.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Let none presume to tell me that the pen is preferable to the sword.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Remember the old saying, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Tomorrow will be a new day.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Honesty is the best policy, I will stick to that.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“An honest man's word is as good as his bond.”

— Miguel de Cervantes

“There was a laughing devil in his sneer.”

— Lord Byron

“Happiness was born a twin.”

— Lord Byron

“The dust we tread upon was once alive.”

— Lord Byron

“Old man! 'tis not so difficult to die.”

— Lord Byron

“And oh, that eye was in itself a soul!”

— Lord Byron

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