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Let us forget and forgive injuries.
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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When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
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Translating from one language to another, unless it is from Greek and Latin, the queens of all languages, is like looking at Flemish tapestries from the wrong side, for although the figures are visible, they are covered by threads that obscure them, and cannot be seen with the smoothness and color of the right side.
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Until death it is all life.
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When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?
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The very remembrance of my former misfortune proves a new one to me.
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Liberty ... is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.
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There are two kinds of people in this world, my grandmother used to say: the Have's and the Have-not's, and she stuck to the Have's. And today, Señor Don Quixote, people are more interested in having than in knowing. An ass covered with gold makes a better impression than a horse with a packsaddle.
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Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible.
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Arms are my ornaments, warfare my repose.
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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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You cannot eat your cake and have your cake.
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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
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All is not gold that glisters.
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Let every man mind his own business.
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Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles.
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Does the devil possess you? You're leaping over the hedge before you come at the stile.
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