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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
Accountant
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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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Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.
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If thou takest virtue for the rule of life, and valuest thyself upon acting in all things comfortably thereto, thou wilt have no cause to envy lords and princes for blood is inherited, but virtue is common property, and may be acquired by all it has, moreover, an intrinsic worth, which blood has not.
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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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Wine in excess keeps neither secrets nor promises.
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The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts.
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It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.
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God bears with the wicked, but not forever.
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