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There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
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 y Saavedra
Miguel de Cervantes Cortinas
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Let the worst come to the worst.
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Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
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I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine every man for himself, and God for us all.
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I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
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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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Miracle me no miracles.
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Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.
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