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Nay, what is worse, perhaps turn poet, which, they say, is an infectious and incurable distemper.
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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In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.
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I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.
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Love is influenced by no consideration, recognizes no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike the lofty palaces of kings and the humble cabins of shepherds and when it takes entire possession of a heart, the first thing it does is to banish fear and shame from it.
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They must needs go whom the Devil drives.
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That which costs little is less valued.
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An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
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When we are asleep, we are all equal.
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He that will not when he may, When he would, he should have nay.
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The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.
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Many littles make a much.
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I must speak the truth, and nothing but the truth.
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I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado, or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man's table.
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He who has the judge for his father goes into court with an easy mind.
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Good painter imitates nature, bad ones spews it up.
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I shall be as secret as the grave.
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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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Under a bad cloak there is often a good drinker
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