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I believe there's no proverb but what is true they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.
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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When we are asleep, we are all equal.
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Among the attributes of God, although they are equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice.
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Jests that give pains are no jests.
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The eating. By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece.
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The good governor should have a broken leg and keep at home.
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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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Patience and shuffle the cards.
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The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
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The absent feel and fear every ill.
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To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
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A good name is better than bags of gold.
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When the head aches, all the members partake of the pain.
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He that will not when he may, When he would, he should have nay.
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Blessed be those happy ages that were strangers to the dreadful fury of these devilish instruments of artillery, whose inventor I am satisfied is now in Hell, receiving the reward of his cursed invention, which is the cause that very often a cowardly base hand takes away the life of the bravest gentleman.
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When in doubt, lean to the side of # mercy .
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