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Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.
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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Love is influenced by no consideration, recognizes no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike the lofty palaces of kings and the humble cabins of shepherds and when it takes entire possession of a heart, the first thing it does is to banish fear and shame from it.
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Give the devil his due.
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Treason pleases, but not the traitor.
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Facts are the enemy of truth.
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Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.
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The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach.
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Where one door shuts another opens.
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Delay always breeds danger.
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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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Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.
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Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
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