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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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The pen is the language of the soul as the concepts that in it are generated, such will be its writings.
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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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Cunning cheats itself wholly, and other people partially.
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When we are asleep, we are all equal.
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In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
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Let everyone turn himself around, and look at home, and he will find enough to do.
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A man prepared has half fought the battle.
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There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends.
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Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.
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Controlling my temper is important, ... Sometimes it's hard, but I try.
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