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She who desires to see, desires also to be seen.
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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Blessed be those happy ages that were strangers to the dreadful fury of these devilish instruments of artillery, whose inventor I am satisfied is now in Hell, receiving the reward of his cursed invention, which is the cause that very often a cowardly base hand takes away the life of the bravest gentleman.
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Nay, what is worse, perhaps turn poet, which, they say, is an infectious and incurable distemper.
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Facts are the enemy of truth.
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Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher.
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When a man says, Get out of my house! what would you have with my wife? there is no answer to be made.
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Does the devil possess you? You're leaping over the hedge before you come at the stile.
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A shy face is better than a forward heart.
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Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
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The eating. By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece.
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He who's never loved cannot be good.
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There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.
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The reputation of a woman may also be compared to a mirror of crystal, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it.
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