This quote has a very deep meaning. It was said by Don Quixote to Sancho when they were on their way on an adventure, and Sancho points out that they are walking on a normal road. As the reader reads the play, they would understand that there is no adventure and there is no actual Don Quixote, these are made-up characters and made-up actions and adventures from an old insane man, Alonso Quijana. However, back to the quote “…like beauty, my friend, ‘tis in the eye of the beholder” (Cervantes 21). The meaning of this quote is that you can see whatever you want to see, if Sancho wanted to see "the road to EL Tobos where you can buy chickens cheap" as beautiful as Don Quixote, he could, however, he chose not to. Your eyes control how you see the world.
Whatever your eyes see, it is what's best for you, what you should have seen. A person's vision can be different from another's, as we can see in the play Don Quixote sees something whereas Sancho sees another thing. The truth a person sees will fit him better.
A real-life example of this quote is a friend of mine. This person is almost hated by everyone, but not me, they have been my friend for a long time and whenever my friends see me with them they tell me to stay away from them because they did many wrong actions. The difference between me and others is the way we see that person, I chose to see how they treat me well and are good friends and others chose to see them for only their bad actions that may or may not even be true. How we view that person will definitely be very different but the way each of us sees them will surely be better for each person.
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