Don Quixote - Bilingual quotes that celebrate the beauty of language, showcasing meaningful expressions in two unique perspectives.
Don Quixote - Bilingual quotes that celebrate the beauty of language, showcasing meaningful expressions in two unique perspectives.
Don Quixote, written by Miguel de Cervantes, is a seminal work of literature that tells the story of an aging nobleman named Alonso Quixano who becomes so enamored with chivalric tales that he decides to become a knight-errant himself. He adopts the name Don Quixote and sets off on a quest to revive chivalry and seek adventures, despite his illusory understanding of reality. Alongside him is his loyal squire, Sancho Panza, who provides a grounded perspective contrasting with Quixote's grandiose vision.
The narrative unfolds through a series of humorous and poignant encounters, highlighting themes of idealism versus reality. Don Quixote engages with various characters, often mistaking mundane people and objects for noble figures and quests. His delusions lead to comedic situations, but they also provoke deeper reflections on human nature, the quest for identity, and the struggles of chasing dreams in a world that may not support them.
Ultimately, Don Quixote serves as a powerful exploration of the human spirit, blending tragedy and comedy. It critiques the society of Cervantes' time while remaining timeless in its exploration of ambition and insanity. The novel is celebrated not only for its rich character development and use of metafiction but also for its influence on the modern novel, establishing a new narrative style that would inspire countless works in the literary canon.
Loading...
More »
Popular quotes
The value of money is subjective, depending on age. At the age of one, one multiplies the actual sum by 145,000, making one pound seem like 145,000 pounds to a one-year-old. At seven – Bertie's age – the multiplier is 24, so that five pounds seems like 120 pounds. At the age of twenty four, five pounds is five pounds; at forty five it is divided by 5, so that it seems like one pound and one pound seems like twenty pence. {All figures courtesy of Scottish Government Advice Leaflet: Handling your Money.}
Alexander McCall Smith
Look, if you say that science will eventually prove there is no God, on that I must differ. No matter how small they take it back, to a tadpole, to an atom, there is always something they can't explain, something that created it all at the end of the search.
And no matter how far they try to go the other way – to extend life, play around with the genes, clone this, clone that, live to one hundred and fifty – at some point, life is over. And then what happens? When the life comes to an end?
I shrugged.
You see?
He leaned back. He smiled.
When you come to the end, that's where God begins.
Mitch Albom
You say you should have died instead of me. But during my time on earth, people died instead of me, too. It happens every day. When lightning strikes a minute after you are gone, or an airplane crashes that you might have been on. When your colleague falls ill and you do not. We think such things are random. But there is a balance to it all. One withers, another grows. Birth and death are part of a whole.
Mitch Albom