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Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.
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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Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
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The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach.
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Do not eat garlic or onions for their smell will reveal that you are a peasant.
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Tell me what company thou keepest and I'll tell thee what thou art.
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The ass bears the load, but not the overload.
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Liberty ... is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.
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The treason pleases, but the traitors are odious.
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I shall be as secret as the grave.
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Troubles take wing for the man who can sing.
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The pen is the tongue of the soul as are the thoughts engendered there, so will be the things written.
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