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My honor is dearer to me than my life.
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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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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You are a devil at everything, and there is no kind of thing in the 'versal world but what you can turn your hand into.
Miguel de Cervantes
A man prepared has half fought the battle.
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A shy face is better than a forward heart.
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The ass will carry his load, but not a double load ride not a free horse to death.
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Other men's pains are easily borne.
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A person dishonored is worst than dead.
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Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.
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Let every man mind his own business.
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Since we have a good loaf, let us not look for cheesecakes.
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Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.
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What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind?
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Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.
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Until death it is all life.
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You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.
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When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.
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Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.
Miguel de Cervantes
For hope is always born at the same time as love.
Miguel de Cervantes
A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause
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Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than discretion.
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