| Name | Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Profession | Novelist |
| Born | 29 September 1547 |
| Died | 23 April 1616 |
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
(Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra said).
