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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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Give the devil his due.
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All is not gold that glisters.
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I shall be as secret as the grave.
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Translating from one language to another, unless it is from Greek and Latin, the queens of all languages, is like looking at Flemish tapestries from the wrong side, for although the figures are visible, they are covered by threads that obscure them, and cannot be seen with the smoothness and color of the right side.
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I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado, or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man's table.
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Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.
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Let us make hay while the sun shines.
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Until death it is all life.
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Urgent necessity prompts many to do things, at the very thoughts of which they perhaps would start at other times.
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Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.
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Blessed be those happy ages that were strangers to the dreadful fury of these devilish instruments of artillery, whose inventor I am satisfied is now in Hell, receiving the reward of his cursed invention, which is the cause that very often a cowardly base hand takes away the life of the bravest gentleman.
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Let the worst come to the worst.
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The road to the inn is much better than the stay.
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