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Well-gotten wealth may lose itself, but the ill-gotten loses its master also.
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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Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king, which they feared at first, but soon scorned and trampled on.
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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
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Sing away sorrow, cast away care.
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Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.
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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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Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.
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Heaven's help is better than early rising.
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The treason pleases, but the traitors are odious.
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Be temperate in your drinking, remembering that too much wine cannot keep either a secret or a promise.
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