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Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
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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Delay always breeds danger.
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Blessed be those happy ages that were strangers to the dreadful fury of these devilish instruments of artillery, whose inventor I am satisfied is now in Hell, receiving the reward of his cursed invention, which is the cause that very often a cowardly base hand takes away the life of the bravest gentleman.
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Jealousy sees things always with magnifying glasses which make little things large, of dwarfs giants, of suspicions truths.
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God bears with the wicked, but not forever.
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Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
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Translation from one language to another is like viewing a piece of tapestry on the wrong side where though the figures are distinguishable yet there are so many ends and threads that the beauty and exactness of the work is obscured.
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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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The good governor should have a broken leg and keep at home.
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You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.
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He that will not when he may, When he would, he should have nay.
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Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.
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