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Mateo Alemán
15 quotes
“Even as there is no virtue which is wanting to the busy man, so there is no vice which does not bear the idle company.”
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) said by 1614 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Where wedges are worthless, the finger nails may serve.”
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) said by 1614 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Those who are not bettered by kind treatment, or moved by soft words, must be brought under by the application of stern and rigorous punishment.”
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) said by 1614 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“On a day when you can dine on dry bread in your own house, do not seek to eat tender peacocks in the house of another.”
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) said by 1614 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even the ass wearies of work.”
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) said by 1614 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He soon retires (i.e., into a cloister) who finds religion late.”
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) said by 1614 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“An unsatisfactory agreement is less harmful than a successful lawsuit.”
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) said by 1614 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Idleness is the open field of perdition, well tilled and sown with evil thoughts.”
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) said by 1614 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A little pebble will a waggon overturn.”
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) said by 1614 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How oft he finds himself the last, who was the first to saddle.”
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) said by 1614 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is the treason that finds favour, and not the traitor who is guilty of it.”
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) said by 1614 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He who buys what he needs not, sells what he needs.”
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) said by 1614 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The wise man's rule is worth much more to him than the fool's revenue.”
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) said by 1614 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The doctor begins where the apothecary ends, and the clergyman where the doctor ends.”
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) said by 1614 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Better a thrifty son-in-law and poor, than a glutton who is rich.”
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) said by 1614 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source