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All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.
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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Though Gods attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.
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'Tis the maddest trick a man can ever play in his whole life, to let his breath sneak out of his body without any more ado, and without so much as a rap o'er the pate, or a kick of the guts to go out like the snuff of a farthing candle, and die merely of the mulligrubs, or the sullens.
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Let everyone turn himself around, and look at home, and he will find enough to do.
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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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Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.
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Let us forget and forgive injuries.
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The good governor should have a broken leg and keep at home.
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True valor lies in the middle between cowardice and rashness.
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She who desires to see, desires also to be seen.
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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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Give the devil his due.
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Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.
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