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In hell there is no retention.
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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Alcala de Henares
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra
Miguel de Cervantes Cortinas
Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas
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Translating from one language to another, unless it is from Greek and Latin, the queens of all languages, is like looking at Flemish tapestries from the wrong side, for although the figures are visible, they are covered by threads that obscure them, and cannot be seen with the smoothness and color of the right side.
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The pen is the tongue of the mind.
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Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.
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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 yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
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The road to the inn is much better than the stay.
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There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose into the world, with as much dispatch as they would do a dish of fritters.
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Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.
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I shall be as secret as the grave.
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No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.
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You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.
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When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
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The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.
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A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause
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A man prepared has half fought the battle.
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Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.
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When God sends the dawn, he sends it for all.
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Think before thou speakest.
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He who's never loved cannot be good.
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A bad year and a bad month to all the backbiting bitches in the world!.
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