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Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.
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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The ass bears the load, but not the overload.
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Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.
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For the army is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and the generous prodigal miserly soldiers are like monsters, but very rarely seen.
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The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce.
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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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Blessings on him, who invented sleep.
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