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Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.
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 Cortinas
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Every man is as God made him, ay, and often worse.
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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 will be seen in the frying of the eggs.
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It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.
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The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.
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All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.
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I do not insist, answered Don Quixote, that this is a full adventure, but it is the beginning of one, for this is the way adventures begin.
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Heaven's help is better than early rising.
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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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There are two kinds of people in this world, my grandmother used to say: the Have's and the Have-not's, and she stuck to the Have's. And today, Señor Don Quixote, people are more interested in having than in knowing. An ass covered with gold makes a better impression than a horse with a packsaddle.
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Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
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Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king, which they feared at first, but soon scorned and trampled on.
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Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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Give the devil his due.
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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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Other men's pains are easily borne.
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Honesty's the best policy.
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I know what's what, and have always taken care of the main chance.
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It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.
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Troubles take wing for the man who can sing.
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