The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation. - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Don Quixote Quotes)

The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.[translation by John Willis Clark]The bow cannot be always bent, nor can weak human nature exist without some lawful amusement.[translation by John Ormsby][El arco armado, ni la condición ni flaqueza humana se pueda sustentar sin alguna lícita recreación.]

Source:(ed. 1871), Part I, Chapter XLIV, Page 293; (ed. 1885), Part I, Chapter XLVIII, Volume II, Page 341
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