Brian

“They cannot and should not be called deceptions,” said Don Quixote, “since their purpose was virtuous.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

“Then the child of Zeus, Helen, decided she would mix the wine220 with drugs to take all pain and rage away, to bring forgetfulness of every evil. Whoever drinks this mixture from the bowl will shed no tears that day, not even if her mother or her father die, nor even if soldiers kill her brother or her darling son with bronze spears before her very eyes. Helen had these powerful magic drugs from Polydamna, wife of Thon, from Egypt, where fertile fields produce the most narcotics:230 some good, some dangerous. The people there are skillful doctors. They are the Healer’s people.”
― Homer, The Odyssey

“I don’t print my books to achieve fame in the world, because I’m already well-known for my work; I want profit: without it, fame isn’t worth a thing.” “God grant your grace good fortune,” responded Don Quixote.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

“and Don Quixote went up to Sancho, and in his ear he whispered: “Sancho, just as you want people to believe what you have seen in the sky, I want you to believe what I saw in the Cave of Montesinos. And that is all I have to say.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote