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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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There are two kinds of people in this world, my grandmother used to say: the Have's and the Have-not's, and she stuck to the Have's. And today, Señor Don Quixote, people are more interested in having than in knowing. An ass covered with gold makes a better impression than a horse with a packsaddle.
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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 we leave this world, and are laid in the earth, the prince walks as narrow a path as the day-laborer.
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Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.
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It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.
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A closed mouth catches no flies.
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When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.
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Since we have a good loaf, let us not look for cheesecakes.
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A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.
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Nor has his death the world deceiv'd than his wondrous life surprise d if he like a madman liv'd least he like a wise one dy'd.
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There is remedy for all things except death - Don Quixote De La Mancha
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