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For if he like a madman lived At least he like a wise one died.
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 darts of love are blunted by maiden modesty.
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Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep.
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The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts.
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Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one.
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I must speak the truth, and nothing but the truth.
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Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world
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Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.
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My honor is dearer to me than my life.
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Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible.
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You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in the 'versal world but what you can turn your hand into.
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It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued.
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There's no love lost between us.
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Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.
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Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.
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