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Arms are my ornaments, warfare my repose.
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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True courage lies in the middle, between cowardice and recklessness.
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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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Let everyone turn himself around, and look at home, and he will find enough to do.
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Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it.
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The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.
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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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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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I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado, or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man's table.
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When a man says, Get out of my house! what would you have with my wife? there is no answer to be made.
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What a man has, so much he is sure of.
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I am almost frightened out of my seven senses.
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The pitcher goes so often to the fountain that if gets broken.
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