Miguel de Cervantes99 definitions
Miguel de CervantesAbundance (n.) is a quality whereby, even when it is of good things, it prevents them from being valued.
Accumulation (n.) is powerful. Many littles make a much.
Bad luck (n.) is broken by a stout heart.
Beauty (n.) is made by health and cheerfulness.
Beauty (n.) is of two kinds, one of the soul and the other of the body. No matter how ugly, the beauty of the soul (manifest through intelligence, modesty, right conduct, generosity and good breeding) produces a violent and sudden love at first sight.
Beauty (n.) , in some women, has days and season, depending upon accidents which diminish or increase it.
The Book (n.) is never so bad that it does not have something good in it.
Bragging (n.) is an unconscious expression of one's ideal, which the listener ought best to draw out through humoring.
Captivity (n.) is the greatest of all evils that can befall one.
Civility (n.) is always worth cultivating. There is nothing that costs less than being civil.
