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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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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Miguel de Cervantes Cortinas
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Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.
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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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Miracle me no miracles.
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It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.
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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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Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.
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Troubles take wing for the man who can sing.
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I am almost frightened out of my seven senses.
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Patience and shuffle the cards.
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She who desires to see, desires also to be seen.
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Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
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I want you to see me naked and performing one or two dozen mad acts, which will take me less than half an hour, because if you have seen them with your own eyes, you can safely swear to any others you might wish to add.
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Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep.
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Honesty is the best policy, I will stick to that. The good shall have my hand and heart, but the bad neither foot nor fellowship. And in my mind, the main point of governing, is to make a good beginning.
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When God sends the dawn, he sends it for all.
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They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains. - Cervantes
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Delay always breeds danger.
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Let every man mind his own business.
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