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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
Miguel de Cervantes
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Miguel de Cervantes
Age: 69 †
Born: 1547
Born: January 1
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
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Blessed be those happy ages that were strangers to the dreadful fury of these devilish instruments of artillery, whose inventor I am satisfied is now in Hell, receiving the reward of his cursed invention, which is the cause that very often a cowardly base hand takes away the life of the bravest gentleman.
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But do not give it to a lawyer's clerk to write, for they use a legal hand that Satan himself will not understand.
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Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.
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Honesty's the best policy.
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Soul of fibre and heart of oak.
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When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?
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