Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one. - Miguel de Cervantes

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavor, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been had I not attempted it.

Miguel de Cervantes

Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one.

Befall, Captivity, Evil, Evils, Slavery

Same Author Quotes

'Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies; runs with one, walks gravely with another; turns a third into ice, and sets a fourth in a flame: it wounds one, another it kills: like lightning it begins and ends in the same moment: it makes that fort yield at night which it besieged but in the morning; for there is no force able to resist it.

Flies, Force, Like, Love, Morning, Running

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

Mind, Pen, Teacher, Tongue, Writing

History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor to the future.

Action, Actions, Depository, Example, Past

Woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.

Advice, Fool, Littles, Take, Value

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Ingratitude, Ungrateful, Wicked

Similar Quotes

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness, Men, Should Have, Fell, Ambitious, Though

William Styron

Depression. . . so mysteriously painful and elusive.

Painful, Elusive, Mysteriously, Depression

Leroy Chiao

The thing that you worry about your first flight or any flight is some kind of a problem coming up that is going to keep you from doing it. Whether it's being hit by a car, or getting in a bad accident, or coming down with some other medical disqualification. But once the boosters light, you're going.

Worry, Car, Medical, Flight, Problem

Dee Dee Myers

Research confirms that both Republican and Democratic women are more likely than their male counterparts to initiate and fight for bills that champion social justice, protect the environment, advocate for families, and promote nonviolent conflict resolution.

Champion, Counterparts, Families, Fighting, Justice, Nonviolent

Edwidge Danticat

I think Haiti is a place that suffers so much from neglect that people only want to hear about it when it’s at its extreme. And that’s what they end up knowing about it.

Knowing, People, Think, Thinking