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True courage lies in the middle, between cowardice and recklessness.
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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She wanted, with her fickleness, to make my destruction constant I want, by trying to destroy myself, to satisfy her desire.
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