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Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.
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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Death eats up all things, both the young lamb and old sheep and I have heard our parson say, death values a prince no more than a clown.
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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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It is good to live and learn.
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She wanted, with her fickleness, to make my destruction constant I want, by trying to destroy myself, to satisfy her desire.
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There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose into the world, with as much dispatch as they would do a dish of fritters.
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Do not eat garlic or onions for their smell will reveal that you are a peasant.
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Jests that give pains are no jests.
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Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world
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For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.
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Fortune may have yet a better success in reserve for you and they who lose today may win tomorrow.
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Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued
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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
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Many littles make a much.
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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.
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How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?
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Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.
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For if he like a madman lived At least he like a wise one died.
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Health and cheerfulness make beauty
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Digo, paciencia y barajar. What I say is, patience, and shuffle the cards.
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The road to the inn is much better than the stay.
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