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Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.
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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Let me leap out of the frying-pan into the fire or, out of God's blessing into the warm sun.
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Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good.
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I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.
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Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher.
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Love is influenced by no consideration, recognizes no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike the lofty palaces of kings and the humble cabins of shepherds and when it takes entire possession of a heart, the first thing it does is to banish fear and shame from it.
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Digo, paciencia y barajar. What I say is, patience, and shuffle the cards.
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Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.
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A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.
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When the head aches, all the members partake of the pain.
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He had a face like a blessing.
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The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach.
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A person dishonored is worst than dead.
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Men of great talents, whether poets or historians, seldom escape the attacks of those who, without ever favoring the world with any production of their own, take delight in criticising the works of others.
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The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts.
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Sing away sorrow, cast away care.
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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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To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.
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The pen is the tongue of the soul as are the thoughts engendered there, so will be the things written.
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Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.
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Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.
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