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Do not eat garlic or onions for their smell will reveal that you are a peasant.
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
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Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra
Miguel de Cervantes Cortinas
Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas
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I want you to see me naked and performing one or two dozen mad acts, which will take me less than half an hour, because if you have seen them with your own eyes, you can safely swear to any others you might wish to add.
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Blessed be those happy ages that were strangers to the dreadful fury of these devilish instruments of artillery, whose inventor I am satisfied is now in Hell, receiving the reward of his cursed invention, which is the cause that very often a cowardly base hand takes away the life of the bravest gentleman.
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He who has the judge for his father goes into court with an easy mind.
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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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The pen is the language of the soul as the concepts that in it are generated, such will be its writings.
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Controlling my temper is important, ... Sometimes it's hard, but I try.
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There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.
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Too much sanity may be madness!
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Treason pleases, but not the traitor.
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