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Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
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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Well-gotten wealth may lose itself, but the ill-gotten loses its master also.
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Does the devil possess you? You're leaping over the hedge before you come at the stile.
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Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.
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Sorrow was made for man, not for beasts yet if men encourage melancholy too much, they become no better than beasts.
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