3 Quotes About Cervante

While his name may not be as well known as other great authors, this Spanish writer is often considered the greatest prose writer of all time. Just like many other great writers, his life was full of turmoil. He grew up poor and had to leave Spain for Italy at a young age. He later fought in the Italian wars and was exiled to England after fighting against the French Read more

However, he eventually found his way back to Spain where he lived out the remainder of his life. Although his works are still studied today, they are not widely read by most people because they are considered too difficult for modern readers. Cervantes is one of the greatest Spanish writers of all time and an inspiration for many great writers today.

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It’s madness to see life as it is and not how it should be. Unknown
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Every novel says to the reader: “Things are not as simple as you think.” That is the novel’s eternal truth, but it grows steadily harder to hear amid the din of easy, quick answers that come faster than the question and block it off. In the spirit of our time, it’s either Anna or Karenin who is right, and the ancient wisdom of Cervantes, telling us about the difficulty of knowing and the elusiveness of truth, seems cumbersome and useless. Milan Kundera