Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never led to good… — Miguel de Cervantes
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never led to good intention's goal.
In the original Spanish
La diligencia es madre de la buena ventura y la pereza, su contrario, jamas llego al termino que pide un buen deseo.
Don Quixote · 1615
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De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.
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De Cervantes, Miguel. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha]. Madrid: Francisco de Robles, 1605.