Demont, Don Quixote, 1893
“Destiny guides our fortunes more favorably than we could
have expected. Look there, Sancho Panza, my friend, and see those thirty or so
wild giants, with whom I intend to do battle and to kill each and all of them,
so with their stolen booty we can begin to enrich ourselves. This is noble,
righteous warfare, for it is wonderfully useful to God to have such an evil
race wiped from the face of the earth.”
“What giants?” asked Sancho Panza. “The ones you can see
over there,” answered his master, with the huge arms, some of which are very
nearly two leagues long.”
“Now look, your grace,” said Sancho, “what you see over
there aren’t giants, but windmills, and what seem to be arms are just their
sails, that go around in the wind and turn the millstone."
“Obviously,” replied Don Quixote, “you don’t know much about adventures.”
“Obviously,” replied Don Quixote, “you don’t know much about adventures.”
Miguel Cervantes, from Don Quixote
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