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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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They must needs go whom the Devil drives.
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When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?
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When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.
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There's no love lost between us.
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Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn.
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