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A tooth is much more to be prized than a diamond.
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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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Miguel de Cervantes Cortinas
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It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity.
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But do not give it to a lawyer's clerk to write, for they use a legal hand that Satan himself will not understand.
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Nor has his death the world deceiv'd than his wondrous life surprise d if he like a madman liv'd least he like a wise one dy'd.
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Tomorrow will be a new day.
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Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.
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There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.
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All is not gold that glisters.
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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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What a man has, so much he is sure of.
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Let every man mind his own business.
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Blessed be those happy ages that were strangers to the dreadful fury of these devilish instruments of artillery, whose inventor I am satisfied is now in Hell, receiving the reward of his cursed invention, which is the cause that very often a cowardly base hand takes away the life of the bravest gentleman.
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Give the devil his due.
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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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I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine every man for himself, and God for us all.
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All sorrows are less with bread.
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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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Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.
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