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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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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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Blessings on him, who invented sleep.
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It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.
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For if he like a madman lived At least he like a wise one died.
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Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.
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Get out of harms way.
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There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends.
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All sorrows are less with bread.
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From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.
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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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Those two fatal words, Mine and Thine.
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Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.
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Do not eat garlic or onions for their smell will reveal that you are a peasant.
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Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.
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They must needs go whom the Devil drives.
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Let everyone turn himself around, and look at home, and he will find enough to do.
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