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Soul of fibre and heart of oak.
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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Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra
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Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas
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There is no remembrance which time does not obliterate, nor pain which death does not terminate.
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The ass bears the load, but not the overload.
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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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All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.
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He had a face like a blessing.
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Sing away sorrow, cast away care.
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A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.
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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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It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.
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I must speak the truth, and nothing but the truth.
Miguel de Cervantes
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 are two kinds of people in this world, my grandmother used to say: the Have's and the Have-not's, and she stuck to the Have's. And today, Señor Don Quixote, people are more interested in having than in knowing. An ass covered with gold makes a better impression than a horse with a packsaddle.
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I am almost frightened out of my seven senses.
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True valor lies in the middle between cowardice and rashness.
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When God sends the dawn, he sends it for all.
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Controlling my temper is important, ... Sometimes it's hard, but I try.
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I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine every man for himself, and God for us all.
Miguel de Cervantes
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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Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.
Miguel de Cervantes
Good painter imitates nature, bad ones spews it up.
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