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Delay always breeds danger.
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
Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra
Miguel de Cervantes Cortinas
Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas
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Jealousy sees things always with magnifying glasses which make little things large, of dwarfs giants, of suspicions truths.
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In every case, the remedy is to take action. Get clear about exactly what it is that you need to learn and exactly what you need to do to learn it. BEING CLEAR KILLS FEAR. Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.
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The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.
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All is not gold that glisters.
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There were but two families in the world, Have-much and Have-little.
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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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Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
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Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.
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It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued.
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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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The little birds have God for their caterer.
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Nay, what is worse, perhaps turn poet, which, they say, is an infectious and incurable distemper.
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It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity.
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Urgent necessity prompts many to do things.
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Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
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Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.
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Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible.
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There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.
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