1. ... truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of time, depository of deeds, witness of the past, example and lesson to the present, and warning to the future.
Don Quixote
2. Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
3. El que lee mucho y anda mucho, ve mucho y sabe mucho.
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de La Mancha
4. Facts are the enemy of truth.
5. Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.
Don Quixote
6. Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
7. Ahora digo —dijo a esta sazón Don Quijote— que el que lee mucho y anda mucho ve mucho y sabe mucho.
Don Quijote de la Mancha: Obra completa, primera y segunda parte
