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I am almost frightened out of my seven senses.
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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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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Facts are the enemy of truth.
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Treason pleases, but not the traitor.
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Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king, which they feared at first, but soon scorned and trampled on.
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Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.
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If thou takest virtue for the rule of life, and valuest thyself upon acting in all things comfortably thereto, thou wilt have no cause to envy lords and princes for blood is inherited, but virtue is common property, and may be acquired by all it has, moreover, an intrinsic worth, which blood has not.
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He who's never loved cannot be good.
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Can we ever have too much of a good thing?
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When in doubt, lean to the side of # mercy .
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Where there's music there can be no evil.
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Jests that give pains are no jests.
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It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued.
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I know what's what, and have always taken care of the main chance.
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