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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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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra
Miguel de Cervantes Cortinas
Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas
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The pen is the tongue of the soul as are the thoughts engendered there, so will be the things written.
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I know what's what, and have always taken care of the main chance.
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Other men's pains are easily borne.
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Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
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Many littles make a much.
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Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.
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Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.
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For the army is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and the generous prodigal miserly soldiers are like monsters, but very rarely seen.
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Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.
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Well-gotten wealth may lose itself, but the ill-gotten loses its master also.
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