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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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Alcala de Henares
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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It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.
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The treason pleases, but the traitors are odious.
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I shall be as secret as the grave.
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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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She fights and vanquishes in me, and I live and breathe in her, and I have life and being.
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Delay always breeds danger.
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Until death it is all life.
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Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
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