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Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.
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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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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In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.
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Heaven's help is better than early rising.
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I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
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Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep.
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I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.
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Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.
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