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Great expectations are better than a poor possession.
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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I know what's what, and have always taken care of the main chance.
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When we leave this world, and are laid in the earth, the prince walks as narrow a path as the day-laborer.
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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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I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.
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Hunger is the best sauce in the world.
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Well-gotten wealth may lose itself, but the ill-gotten loses its master also.
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Let every man mind his own business.
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Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.
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Do not eat garlic or onions for their smell will reveal that you are a peasant.
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Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world
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