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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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She who desires to see, desires also to be seen.
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Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible.
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Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn.
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Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.
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They who lose today may win tomorrow.
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Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good.
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For if he like a madman lived At least he like a wise one died.
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He had a face like a blessing.
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Truly I was born to be an example of misfortune, and a target at which the arrows of adversary are aimed.
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Do not eat garlic or onions for their smell will reveal that you are a peasant.
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