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Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.
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 y Saavedra
Miguel de Cervantes Cortinas
Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas
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Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.
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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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He had a face like a blessing.
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Nor has his death the world deceiv'd than his wondrous life surprise d if he like a madman liv'd least he like a wise one dy'd.
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Facts are the enemy of truth.
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Let us forget and forgive injuries.
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Great expectations are better than a poor possession.
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A man prepared has half fought the battle.
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Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.
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True valor lies in the middle between cowardice and rashness.
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I'll turn over a new leaf.
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