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It is true that, in order to see if it was strong and fit to stand a cut, he drew his sword and gave it a couple of slashes, the first of which undid in an instant what had taken him a week to do.
funny guy sometimes we can find ourselves from his stupid behavior
‘I am the giant Caraculiambro, lord of the island of Malindrania, vanquished in single combat by the never sufficiently extolled knight Don Quixote of La Mancha, who has commanded me to present myself before your Grace, that your Highness dispose of me at your pleasure’?”
what a fantasy
many go for wool and come back shorn?”
means to cherish what in your hand already?
there is no recollection which time does not put an end to, and no pain which death does not remove.”
for sudden pain is soon over, but that which is protracted by tortures is ever slaying without ending life.
“A foolish and ill-advised desire has robbed me of life. If the news of my death should reach the ears of Camilla, let her know that I forgive her, for she was not bound to perform miracles, nor ought I to have required her to perform them; and since I have been the author of my own dishonour, there is no reason why—”
Indeed！
The best sauce in the world is hunger, and as the poor are never without that, they always eat with a relish.
after all, a daughter looks better ill married than well whored.”
“Teresa says,” replied Sancho, “that I should make sure with your worship, and ‘let papers speak and beards be still,’ for ‘he who binds does not wrangle,’ since one ‘take’ is better than two ‘I’ll give thee’s;’ and I say a woman’s advice is no great thing, and he who won’t take it is a fool.”
woman's advice full of wit, Sancho should be clever enough to follow.
for if the pigeon-house does not lack food, it will not lack pigeons;
and if I have been bargaining more or less about my wages, it was only to please my wife, who, when she sets herself to press a point, no hammer drives the hoops of a cask as she drives one to do what she wants;
Dejected beyond measure did Don Quixote pursue his journey, turning over in his mind the cruel trick the enchanters had played him in changing his lady Dulcinea into the vile shape of the village lass, nor could he think of any way of restoring her to her original form;
What a trick, Sancho Panza so genius a squire.
‘a sparrow in the hand is better than a vulture on the wing.’”
“Well then,” said Don Quixote, “the same thing happens in the comedy and life of this world, where some play emperors, others popes, and, in short, all the characters that can be brought into a play; but when it is over, that is to say when life ends, death strips them all of the garments that distinguish one from the other, and all are equal in the grave.”
Don Quixote sometimes full of wit.
Sancho, listening to all this, said to himself, “This master of mine, when I say anything that has weight and substance, says I might take a pulpit in hand, and go about the world preaching fine sermons; but I say of him that, when he begins stringing maxims together and giving advice not only might he take a pulpit in hand, but two on each finger, and go into the market-places to his heart’s content. Devil take you for a knight-errant, what a lot of things you know! I used to think in my heart that the only thing he knew was what belonged to his chivalry; but there is nothing he won’t have a
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so funny Sancho
“In an evil hour didst thou take to braying, Sancho! Where hast thou learned that it is well done to mention the rope in the house of the man that has been hanged? To the music of brays what harmonies couldst thou expect to get but cudgels?
for this Bray town story, i almost laugh to death.
the ills of others hang by a hair;
but he who sins and mends commends himself to God.”
My intentions are always directed to worthy ends, to do good to all and evil to none; and if he who means this, does this, and makes this his practice deserves to be called a fool, it is for your highnesses to say, O most excellent duke and duchess.”
this statement from Don Quixote so strong emotion and so much power to justify knight-errant, worth a big applause .
“Don’t be uneasy, friend Sancho,” said the duchess; “I will take care that my damsels wash you, and even put you in the tub if necessary.”
how funny the duchess.
so tell me, who is a fool in this beard washing game
in civilities it is better to lose by a card too many than a card too few,
待人接物方面，宁肯因为过度周到失分，也强过因为不够周到被诟病。
多么睿智的语言！！
“Thou seest, brother Sancho, the long journey we have before us, and God knows when we shall return, or what leisure or opportunities this business will allow us; I wish thee therefore to retire now to thy chamber, as though thou wert going to fetch something required for the road, and in a trice give thyself if it be only five hundred lashes on account of the three thousand three hundred to which thou art bound; it will be all to the good, and to make a beginning with a thing is to have it half finished.”
He still deep concern his lover Dulcinea, but care nothing for his squire Sancho. SELFISH
the recollection of having kept pigs in thine own country will serve as the ugly feet for the wheel of thy folly.”
"the ugly feet for the wheel"
some bad looking components might keep you in good operation condition.
witful
left them filled with admiration not only at his remarks but at his firm and sensible resolution.
pay my admiration to Sancho also.
TO HER HURT THE ANT GROWS WINGS.
who can see through this great proverb.
