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Under a bad cloak there is often a good drinker
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
Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra
Miguel de Cervantes Cortinas
Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas
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Treason pleases, but not the traitor.
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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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Let me leap out of the frying-pan into the fire or, out of God's blessing into the warm sun.
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Arms are my ornaments, warfare my repose.
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The ass will carry his load, but not a double load ride not a free horse to death.
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For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.
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Let every man mind his own business.
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Let us forget and forgive injuries.
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Heaven's help is better than early rising.
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Bien predica quien bien vive. He preaches well who lives well.
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