Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never led to good intention's goal.

La diligencia es madre de la buena ventura y la pereza, su contrario, jamas llego al termino que pide un buen deseo.

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Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel. El ingenioso caballero don Quijote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha]. 1605, pt. 2, ch. 43.

Current Citation

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel. Don Quixote. Translated by John Rutherford. Penguin, 2003, pt. 2, ch. 20.