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Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.
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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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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They must needs go whom the Devil drives.
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He who loses wealth loses much he who loses a friend loses more but he that loses his courage loses all.
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Among the attributes of God, although they are equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice.
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Honesty's the best policy.
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Sorrow was made for man, not for beasts yet if men encourage melancholy too much, they become no better than beasts.
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Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.
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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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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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A bad year and a bad month to all the backbiting bitches in the world!.
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The reputation of a woman may also be compared to a mirror of crystal, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it.
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They who lose today may win tomorrow.
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