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Facts are the enemy of truth.
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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More quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
That which costs little is less valued.
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Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.
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God exalts the man who humbles himself.
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Let us forget and forgive injuries.
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For if he like a madman lived At least he like a wise one died.
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Be temperate in your drinking, remembering that too much wine cannot keep either a secret or a promise.
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Many littles make a much.
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He who reforms, God assists.
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Do not eat garlic or onions for their smell will reveal that you are a peasant.
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Death eats up all things, both the young lamb and old sheep and I have heard our parson say, death values a prince no more than a clown.
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He preaches well that lives well, quoth Sancho, that's all the divinity I can understand.
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Translating from one language to another, unless it is from Greek and Latin, the queens of all languages, is like looking at Flemish tapestries from the wrong side, for although the figures are visible, they are covered by threads that obscure them, and cannot be seen with the smoothness and color of the right side.
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Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.
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Good painter imitates nature, bad ones spews it up.
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Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.
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Sorrow was made for man, not for beasts yet if men encourage melancholy too much, they become no better than beasts.
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Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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Controlling my temper is important, ... Sometimes it's hard, but I try.
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A man prepared has half fought the battle.
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Miracle me no miracles.
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