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Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
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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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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The reputation of a woman may also be compared to a mirror of crystal, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it.
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Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.
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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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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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To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.
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Blessed be he who invented sleep, a cloak that covers all a man's thoughts.
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From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.
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A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause
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God bears with the wicked, but not forever.
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For the army is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and the generous prodigal miserly soldiers are like monsters, but very rarely seen.
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When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
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The pitcher goes so often to the fountain that if gets broken.
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Jests that give pains are no jests.
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Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued
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Honesty is the best policy, I will stick to that. The good shall have my hand and heart, but the bad neither foot nor fellowship. And in my mind, the main point of governing, is to make a good beginning.
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift.
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Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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Nor has his death the world deceiv'd than his wondrous life surprise d if he like a madman liv'd least he like a wise one dy'd.
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The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts.
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