Miguel de Cervantes

Birth: 1547-09-29 , Alcalá de Henares

Death: 1616-04-22 , Madrid

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, widely recognized as the greatest figure in Spanish literature and one of the world's foremost novelists.

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It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.

Take care, your worship, those things over there are not giants but windmills.

Man have to have friends even in hell.

Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice.

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

I say that good painters imitated nature; but that bad ones vomited it.

Be brief, for no discourse can please when too long.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.

I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.

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Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. His most famous work, 'Don Quixote,' is considered one of the most important literary works ever written and the first modern novel. Cervantes' life was marked by adventure and hardship, including military service, participation in the Battle of Lepanto where he was wounded, and long periods of poverty and imprisonment. Despite these adversities, he produced a vast body of work that explored themes such as reality versus illusion, honor, and madness. His writing is characterized by its wit, humanism, and psychological depth. Cervantes has had a lasting influence on world literature, and his figure is synonymous with literary genius.