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Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than discretion.
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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Since we have a good loaf, let us not look for cheesecakes.
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He who's down one day can be up the next, unless he really wants to stay in bed, that is.
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Bien predica quien bien vive. He preaches well who lives well.
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There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.
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Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
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The ass will carry his load, but not a double load ride not a free horse to death.
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In hell there is no retention.
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God exalts the man who humbles himself.
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Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
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A closed mouth catches no flies.
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The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach.
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