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Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.
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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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra
Miguel de Cervantes Cortinas
Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas
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The pen is the tongue of the soul as are the thoughts engendered there, so will be the things written.
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Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
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Sing away sorrow, cast away care.
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When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.
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I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.
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Where there's music there can be no evil.
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Jests that give pains are no jests.
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Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
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I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.
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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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