I was so free with him as not to mince the matter.

No encubriéndosela yo.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

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Topic

Candor Honesty

Author

Miguel de Cervantes

Source

Don Quixote

Medium

Novel

Language

Spanish

Time

1605 1600s 16th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Spain Europe

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Original Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha]. Madrid: Francisco de Robles, 1605.

Current Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.

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The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Jose Ortega y Gasset
Medium
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Language
Spanish
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Ortega y Gasset, Jose. La deshumanización del Arte e Ideas sobre la novela [The Dehumanization of Art and Ideas about the Novel]. Revista de Occidente, 1925.

Current Citation

Ortega y Gasset, Jose. "The Dehumanization of Art." The Dehumanization of Art, and Other Essays on Art, Culture, and Literature, translated by Helene Weyl. Princeton University Press, 2019.