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Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.
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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I must speak the truth, and nothing but the truth.
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Let everyone turn himself around, and look at home, and he will find enough to do.
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Whether it's the pot that hits the rock or the rock that hits the pot , it's the pot that will break every time
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When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?
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