Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness. Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Copy Quote More from Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra “Diligence is the mother of good fortune.” “In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, …” “I was born free, and that I might live in freedom I chose the solitude of the f…” “Tell me what company thou keepst, and I'll tell thee what thou art.”