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There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all sciences.
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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More quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
Does the devil possess you? You're leaping over the hedge before you come at the stile.
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Patience and shuffle the cards.
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He who's never loved cannot be good.
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Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.
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It requires a long time to know anyone.
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Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.
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Truly I was born to be an example of misfortune, and a target at which the arrows of adversary are aimed.
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Arms are my ornaments, warfare my repose.
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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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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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Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.
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There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.
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What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind?
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A good name is better than bags of gold.
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Give the devil his due.
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When the head aches, all the members partake of the pain.
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He preaches well that lives well, quoth Sancho, that's all the divinity I can understand.
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Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
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The darts of love are blunted by maiden modesty.
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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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