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I do not insist, answered Don Quixote, that this is a full adventure, but it is the beginning of one, for this is the way adventures begin.

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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