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Let me leap out of the frying-pan into the fire or, out of God's blessing into the warm sun.
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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You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.
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My honor is dearer to me than my life.
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Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.
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He who loses wealth loses much he who loses a friend loses more but he that loses his courage loses all.
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Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
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