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From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.
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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It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued.
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Let us forget and forgive injuries.
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To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
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I want you to see me naked and performing one or two dozen mad acts, which will take me less than half an hour, because if you have seen them with your own eyes, you can safely swear to any others you might wish to add.
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No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.
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Men of great talents, whether poets or historians, seldom escape the attacks of those who, without ever favoring the world with any production of their own, take delight in criticising the works of others.
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