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He had a face like a blessing.
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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More quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
Translation from one language to another is like viewing a piece of tapestry on the wrong side where though the figures are distinguishable yet there are so many ends and threads that the beauty and exactness of the work is obscured.
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A man prepared has half fought the battle.
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Since we have a good loaf, let us not look for cheesecakes.
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They who lose today may win tomorrow.
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Where one door shuts another opens.
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There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
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It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued.
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All sorrows are less with bread.
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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
I want you to see me naked and performing one or two dozen mad acts, which will take me less than half an hour, because if you have seen them with your own eyes, you can safely swear to any others you might wish to add.
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Translating from one language to another, unless it is from Greek and Latin, the queens of all languages, is like looking at Flemish tapestries from the wrong side, for although the figures are visible, they are covered by threads that obscure them, and cannot be seen with the smoothness and color of the right side.
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Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.
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I shall be as secret as the grave.
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Let us forget and forgive injuries.
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Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.
Miguel de Cervantes
You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.
Miguel de Cervantes
The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.
Miguel de Cervantes
Cunning cheats itself wholly, and other people partially.
Miguel de Cervantes
To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.
Miguel de Cervantes
I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.
Miguel de Cervantes
