9440. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. 1547-1616. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	9440
AUTHOR:	Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616)
QUOTATION:	I would have nobody to control me; I would be absolute: and who but I? Now, he that is absolute can do what he likes; he that can do what he likes can take his pleasure; he that can take his pleasure can be content; and he that can be content has no more to desire. So the matter ’s over; and come what will come, I am satisfied. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Don Quixote. Part i. Book iv. Chap. xxiii.

Note 1.
I would do what I pleased; and doing what I pleased, I should have my will; and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it.—Jarvis’s translation. [back]

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