Tilting at Windmills

From Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
The most iconic scene in Western literature: Don Quixote charges windmills believing them to be monstrous giants, giving the language its enduring metaphor for futile idealism.
Part 1, Chapter 8

Quixote declares 'Fortune is arranging matters for us better than we could have shaped our desires ourselves' and charges the windmills, dismissing Sancho's protests as cowardice born of ignorance of adventures.

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