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A person dishonored is worst than dead.
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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Does the devil possess you? You're leaping over the hedge before you come at the stile.
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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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Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.
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The good governor should have a broken leg and keep at home.
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Facts are the enemy of truth.
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