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Bien predica quien bien vive. He preaches well who lives well.
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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I must speak the truth, and nothing but the truth.
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It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity.
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Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.
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Though Gods attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.
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When a man says, Get out of my house! what would you have with my wife? there is no answer to be made.
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There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.
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I am almost frightened out of my seven senses.
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I want you to see me naked and performing one or two dozen mad acts, which will take me less than half an hour, because if you have seen them with your own eyes, you can safely swear to any others you might wish to add.
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The little birds have God for their caterer.
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A shy face is better than a forward heart.
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You cannot eat your cake and have your cake.
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The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.
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Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
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Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.
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To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.
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He who has the judge for his father goes into court with an easy mind.
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The pen is the tongue of the mind.
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'Tis the maddest trick a man can ever play in his whole life, to let his breath sneak out of his body without any more ado, and without so much as a rap o'er the pate, or a kick of the guts to go out like the snuff of a farthing candle, and die merely of the mulligrubs, or the sullens.
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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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Be temperate in your drinking, remembering that too much wine cannot keep either a secret or a promise.
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