Classic quotations from "Don Quixote"

1. Recklessness and cowardice are both faults, and the virtue of courage is a compromise between these two extremes. But it is better to be too brave and reckless, than not to be brave enough and be cowardly. Spending is closer to the virtue of generosity than stinginess, and recklessness is closer to true courage than cowardice.

2. Poor people can be respected, but evil people cannot. Poverty can cover up noble qualities, but it cannot completely bury them. Virtue will shine through the cracks that cannot be covered by poverty, attracting the attention and attention of great people, and winning their love.

3. Good luck is unique in one pole. Good luck always wears bad luck, and good and bad luck always accompany each other.

4. People who do not intend to keep a contract do not care about the difficulties when making a contract.

5. Don’t imagine that things will remain the same forever: the world seems to be going in circles, that is to say, it goes around in circles. Spring passes, then comes early summer, intense heat, then autumn and winter, and then spring comes back again; time always goes around like this, endlessly. Only life has an end, and it passes away like the wind, never to return. Only when you go to heaven can you get eternal life.

6. A chaste woman is like a crystal mirror, which becomes dim after taking a breath. They should be cherished as beautiful gardens in full bloom.

7. Difficulties cannot be solved by luck alone.

8. Most of the love among young people is not real love, but just lust. Lust only seeks pleasure. After pleasure, desire subsides, and the so-called love is over. Only true love is infinite.

9. Justice has its own world, and no selfish desire or greed dares to interfere with it.

10. The old sayings are the essence of many years of experience, and every sentence is true.

11. Rich people are flattered and followed by others, and poor people with good character and virtue are also supported and respected by others.

12. The lovers are separated, and they can’t worry about anything.

13. Freedom is a priceless treasure given by God. It cannot be compared with all the wealth buried underground and under the sea. Freedom, like dignity, is worth risking your life for. Being enslaved without freedom is the most painful thing in life.

14. The road of virtue is narrow and dangerous, and the road of sin is wide and flat, but the two roads have different endings: taking the latter road is to die, and taking the former road is to live, and what you get is eternal life. .

15. As long as the woman is interested in love, it is easy to succeed.

16. Drama is a mirror of life: our own appearance and the image of role models can only be shown most vividly and realistically in drama. It is of great benefit to the country that screenwriters and actors keep this mirror for us to refer to at any time.

18. Since the advent of guns, despicable cowards have been able to kill brave heroes.

19. Who in the world can see through a woman’s complicated mind and changeable temperament? No one dares to boast about this, it is absolutely true.

20. The plague of love will penetrate through the cracks and the air with its damn power. Even if they hide it tightly, they will lose their virginity and integrity. The world and the people's hearts are getting worse every year.

21. Bloodline is inherited from previous generations, and virtue is cultivated by oneself.

22. Freedom is a priceless gift from God. All the wealth buried underground and in the sea cannot compare with it. Freedom and decency are equally worth risking one's life for. Being enslaved without freedom is the most painful thing. -- Don Quixote

23. Nowadays, laziness has overtaken diligence, comfort has overtaken hard work, vice has overtaken virtue, and arrogance has overtaken courage; even those with guns can only talk but do not implement it. .

24. The wheel of fate turns faster than the wheel of the mill: yesterday it was a success, today it is in the mud.

25. Some people have spent a lot of effort to test and answer the questions. After the test and understanding, it neither increases wisdom nor knowledge, and is really worthless.

26. The same is true for the stage of life. Some people are emperors, some people are popes; anyway, there are all kinds of roles in the play. They live a lifetime, and after performing the play, Death strips off the costumes of the various characters, and everyone is the same in the grave.

27. "If you yearn for virtue wholeheartedly and take pride in noble conduct, you will not envy the born nobles. Bloodline is passed down from generation to generation, and character is cultivated by yourself. And only virtue has real value. ”

28. Gold must be tempered before its quality can be seen; a woman must also go through a test before her integrity can be seen.

29. “Parents have the responsibility to teach them to learn well from an early age and to understand the general situation... As for which subject to study, I don’t think it is appropriate to force them. Of course, there is no harm in persuading them. ... If your son You may rebuke a man who ruins his reputation by writing satirical verses, and tear up his poems; if he laughs at all vices as horace did, and writes with the same grace, you should praise him.”

　30. , Marriage is a rope, tied around the neck and tied into a knot, only the sickle of death can cut it.

31. There is only one good woman in the world: She advises every husband to regard his wife as the only good woman in the world, so that he will be satisfied all his life.

32. The husband is not aware of his wife’s infidelity, and he is not at fault. He has no knowledge and no responsibility. However, he deserves to be embarrassed.

33. A loyal servant should report the truth to his master, without adding extravagance to please or concealing anything.

34. In a well-structured play, the humorous parts entertain the audience, the serious parts teach him, the development of the plot surprises him, the interspersed plots add to his wisdom, and the tricks add to his intelligence. Knowledge and warning prompt him to awaken, sin stirs up his indignation, and virtue arouses his envy.

35. A swallow alone is not summer.

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