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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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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
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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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The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
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Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than discretion.
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If thou takest virtue for the rule of life, and valuest thyself upon acting in all things comfortably thereto, thou wilt have no cause to envy lords and princes for blood is inherited, but virtue is common property, and may be acquired by all it has, moreover, an intrinsic worth, which blood has not.
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Can we ever have too much of a good thing?
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A tooth is much more to be prized than a diamond.
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Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
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I believe there's no proverb but what is true they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.
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The pen is the tongue of the soul as are the thoughts engendered there, so will be the things written.
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The ass bears the load, but not the overload.
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It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
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I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
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He who reforms, God assists.
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I'll turn over a new leaf.
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God bears with the wicked, but not forever.
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A Man Without Honor is Worse than Dead.
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Tell me what company thou keepest and I'll tell thee what thou art.
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