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My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.
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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Treason pleases, but not the traitor.
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The pen is the language of the soul as the concepts that in it are generated, such will be its writings.
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He who's never loved cannot be good.
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Among the attributes of God, although they are equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice.
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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.
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Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.
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Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep.
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It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
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To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
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