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A closed mouth catches no flies.
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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Alcala de Henares
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra
Miguel de Cervantes Cortinas
Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas
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A man prepared has half fought the battle.
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Miracle me no miracles.
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I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine every man for himself, and God for us all.
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Well-gotten wealth may lose itself, but the ill-gotten loses its master also.
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Honesty's the best policy.
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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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The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
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I shall be as secret as the grave.
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A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.
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That which costs little is less valued.
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True valor lies in the middle between cowardice and rashness.
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Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.
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There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
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The good governor should have a broken leg and keep at home.
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Now blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep. It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak.
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Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.
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I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it.
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He who reforms, God assists.
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