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Time ripens all things no man is born wise.
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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There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all sciences.
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Soul of fibre and heart of oak.
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I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
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The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts.
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Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.
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History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor to the future.
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The ass will carry his load, but not a double load ride not a free horse to death.
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Heaven's help is better than early rising.
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I know what's what, and have always taken care of the main chance.
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Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other.
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Too much sanity may be madness!
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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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Think before thou speakest.
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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
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Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.
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What a man has, so much he is sure of.
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The reputation of a woman may also be compared to a mirror of crystal, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it.
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Facts are the enemy of truth.
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Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.
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