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He is mad past recovery, but yet he has lucid intervals.
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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Well-gotten wealth may lose itself, but the ill-gotten loses its master also.
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There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.
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I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.
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To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.
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A shy face is better than a forward heart.
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El pan comido y la compan? |a deshecha. With the bread eaten, the company breaks up.
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Among the attributes of God, although they are equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice.
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