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The man who fights for his ideals is alive.
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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Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.
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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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There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.
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A closed mouth catches no flies.
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Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.
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Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.
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I am almost frightened out of my seven senses.
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift.
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It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.
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There are two kinds of people in this world, my grandmother used to say: the Have's and the Have-not's, and she stuck to the Have's. And today, Señor Don Quixote, people are more interested in having than in knowing. An ass covered with gold makes a better impression than a horse with a packsaddle.
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The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.
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El pan comido y la compan? |a deshecha. With the bread eaten, the company breaks up.
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Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one.
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An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
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When we are asleep, we are all equal.
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Now blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep. It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak.
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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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Other men's pains are easily borne.
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Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.
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Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
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