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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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When we leave this world, and are laid in the earth, the prince walks as narrow a path as the day-laborer.
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Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.
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Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued
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There is remedy for all things except death - Don Quixote De La Mancha
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It requires a long time to know anyone.
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Under a bad cloak there is often a good drinker
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Those two fatal words, Mine and Thine.
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Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.
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You cannot eat your cake and have your cake.
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Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.
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That which costs little is less valued.
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The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.
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Honesty is the best policy, I will stick to that. The good shall have my hand and heart, but the bad neither foot nor fellowship. And in my mind, the main point of governing, is to make a good beginning.
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Love is influenced by no consideration, recognizes no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike the lofty palaces of kings and the humble cabins of shepherds and when it takes entire possession of a heart, the first thing it does is to banish fear and shame from it.
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It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.
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Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.
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What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind?
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My honor is dearer to me than my life.
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Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.
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Love is invisible and comes and goes where it wants, without anyone asking about it.
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