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There were but two families in the world, Have-much and Have-little.
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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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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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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Does the devil possess you? You're leaping over the hedge before you come at the stile.
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He who has the judge for his father goes into court with an easy mind.
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I'll turn over a new leaf.
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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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