I believe there's no proverb but what is true they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.
Miguel de Cervantes
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More quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
- When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
- Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.
- Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
- One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars and the world will be better for this.
- He who loses wealth loses much he who loses a friend loses more but he that loses his courage loses all.