[lbo-talk] question about Cervantes

[socialismorbarbarism]

The source seems to be a 19th century monstrosity called "The Wit and
Wisdom and Don Quixote," which, if I'm reading it right, has at best
an occasional connection to anything actually written by Cervantes.

http://books.google.com/books?id=mq0ZYja51hMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22wit+and+wisdom+of+don+quixote%22&source=bl&ots=f1i1OGuc3a&sig=jMNk1xDF184-trvjNqgeHljZfJs&hl=en&ei=NKNlTIOZFoG4sQOxldGoDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=never%20stand%20begging&f=false

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24754/24754-8.txt

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com> wrote:
> going over to Forbes.com to look at their college rankings (a whole other
> thread . . . or two, or three), i was interrupted by an ad and a "thought
> for the day" from our friends at Forbes. it was a quotation from Cervantes
> that went (approximately), "one should never stand begging for that which
> one has the power to earn."
>
> Immediately, I thought of El Sub back in the day discussing with some writer
> at the Nation or something how he traveled with a copy of Don Quijote, and
> found myself wondering about the context from which that snippet was torn.
>
> I don't suppose anyone knows?
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