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What a man has, so much he is sure of.
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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Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.
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Love is invisible and comes and goes where it wants, without anyone asking about it.
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It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.
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I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.
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Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
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