Can any Spanish-speaking Mumsnetters help me find a quotation?

[wilbur]

I am trying to find a nice quotation in Spanish (and then translated into English) from someone like Cervantes or Lorca, something about life, man's place in the world, something like that. I don't know much about Spanish writers, but I thought someone who speaks or has studied Spanish might have a few favourite quotes or poems to suggest. Any ideas?

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Thanks twiglett - great sites! there are a couple of possibles there, but any other ideas would be cool too.

some south americans here if that's ok
violencia es el miedo a las ideas de otros y poca fe en las tuyas
violence is the fear of other's ideas and little faith in your own
-Antonio fraguas forges
vivir no es solo existir,sino existir y crear,saber gozar y sufrir y no dormir sin sonar,descansar es morir
life is not just existance but to exist and create,to know pleasure and suffering and not to sleep without dreaming,to rest is to die
-Gregorio Maranon
prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado
i sooner die standing on my feet than live on my knees
-Che Guevara
dos cosas me admiran:
la inteligencia de los animales y la bestialidad de los hombres
two things surprise me
the inteligence of animals and the brutality of men
-Flora tristan (don't know where she's from)

oh yes,she's from peru

Ooooh, lovely whymummy! I really love the Gregorio Maranon one - is he a contemporary writer? I also really like "it is good to live and learn" from Cervantes, but I don't have the original Spanish, which I need.

hi wilbur,he was a spanish essayist, a physician and professor of endocrinology he used his scientific knowledge to approach and analize literary characters,historical figures,writers and artists,he was born in madrid in 1887 aand died 1960,don't know if its any good for you,i can look for the cervantes one if you like

here's another one by lorca
el mas terrible de los sentimientos es el sentimiento de tener la esperanza perdida
the worst of all feelings is the feeling of loosing faith

un ejercito no debe ser mas que el brazo de la nacion,nunca la cabeza
the army can only be the arm of a nation,never the head
pio baroja 1872-1956
el amor es como una bellisima flor pero hay que tener el coraje de ir a recogerla al borde de un precipicio
love is like a beautiful flower but you need the courage to pick it up from the edge of a cliff.
es tan fea la envidia que siempre anda disfrazada y nunca mas odiosa que cuando pretende disfrazarse de justicia
envy is so ugly is always in disguise never more hated than when is disguised as justice
jacinto benavente 1866-1945