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Tell me what company thou keepest and I'll tell thee what thou art.
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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There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends.
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Give the devil his due.
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Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
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All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.
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Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them.
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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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Other men's pains are easily borne.
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A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause
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Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.
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It is good to live and learn.
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My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.
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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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What a man has, so much he is sure of.
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Whether it's the pot that hits the rock or the rock that hits the pot , it's the pot that will break every time
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Liberty ... is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.
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There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.
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Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued
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There were but two families in the world, Have-much and Have-little.
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Where one door shuts another opens.
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