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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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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Miguel de Cervantes Cortinas
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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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They who lose today may win tomorrow.
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Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
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I am almost frightened out of my seven senses.
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Evil comes not amiss if it comes alone.
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Historians ought to be precise, faithful, and unprejudiced and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should make them swerve from the way of truth.
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Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.
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From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.
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When we are asleep, we are all equal.
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift.
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Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
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Time ripens all things no man is born wise.
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A tooth is much more to be prized than a diamond.
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