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An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
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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Alcala de Henares
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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A person dishonored is worst than dead.
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Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king, which they feared at first, but soon scorned and trampled on.
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The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.
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You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.
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Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one.
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There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
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When God sends the dawn, he sends it for all.
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Get out of harms way.
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He who's down one day can be up the next, unless he really wants to stay in bed, that is.
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I do not insist, answered Don Quixote, that this is a full adventure, but it is the beginning of one, for this is the way adventures begin.
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For hope is always born at the same time as love.
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How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?
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Controlling my temper is important, ... Sometimes it's hard, but I try.
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I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it.
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They who lose today may win tomorrow.
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