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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.
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
Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas
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He who sings frightens away his ills.
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The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.
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Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world
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God bears with the wicked, but not forever.
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Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.
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Nay, what is worse, perhaps turn poet, which, they say, is an infectious and incurable distemper.
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God exalts the man who humbles himself.
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