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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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Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.
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The good governor should have a broken leg and keep at home.
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What a man has, so much he is sure of.
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By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom.
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Man have to have friends even in hell.
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Treason pleases, but not the traitor.
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Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.
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Can we ever have too much of a good thing?
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To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
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