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I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.
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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Alcala de Henares
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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The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.
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The pitcher goes so often to the fountain that if gets broken.
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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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A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.
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It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.
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No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.
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A person dishonored is worst than dead.
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Honesty's the best policy.
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It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
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There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
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To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.
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A closed mouth catches no flies.
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I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it.
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Urgent necessity prompts many to do things, at the very thoughts of which they perhaps would start at other times.
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All sorrows are less with bread.
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Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
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True valor lies in the middle between cowardice and rashness.
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What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind?
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Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.
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Let everyone turn himself around, and look at home, and he will find enough to do.
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