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The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
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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The pen is the language of the soul as the concepts that in it are generated, such will be its writings.
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Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.
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I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.
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