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There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.

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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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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True courage lies in the middle, between cowardice and recklessness.
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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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Let the worst come to the worst.
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