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The ass bears the load, but not the overload.
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
Miguel de Cervantes Cortinas
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Think before thou speakest.
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Nay, what is worse, perhaps turn poet, which, they say, is an infectious and incurable distemper.
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Among the attributes of God, although they are equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice.
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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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