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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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Novelist
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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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We must not stand upon trifles.
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I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.
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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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When God sends the dawn, he sends it for all.
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I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado, or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man's table.
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I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
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I know what's what, and have always taken care of the main chance.
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift.
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Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn.
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When the head aches, all the members partake of the pain.
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Miracle me no miracles.
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In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
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The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts.
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But do not give it to a lawyer's clerk to write, for they use a legal hand that Satan himself will not understand.
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The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.
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Translation from one language to another is like viewing a piece of tapestry on the wrong side where though the figures are distinguishable yet there are so many ends and threads that the beauty and exactness of the work is obscured.
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The darts of love are blunted by maiden modesty.
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Urgent necessity prompts many to do things.
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Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.
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Let everyone turn himself around, and look at home, and he will find enough to do.
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