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Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
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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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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True valor lies in the middle between cowardice and rashness.
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Evil comes not amiss if it comes alone.
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When God sends the dawn, he sends it for all.
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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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It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued.
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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
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Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.
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Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
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Let us forget and forgive injuries.
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It is good to live and learn.
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My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.
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