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He that will not when he may, When he would, he should have nay.
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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Love is influenced by no consideration, recognizes no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike the lofty palaces of kings and the humble cabins of shepherds and when it takes entire possession of a heart, the first thing it does is to banish fear and shame from it.
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For if he like a madman lived At least he like a wise one died.
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In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
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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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For the army is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and the generous prodigal miserly soldiers are like monsters, but very rarely seen.
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If thou takest virtue for the rule of life, and valuest thyself upon acting in all things comfortably thereto, thou wilt have no cause to envy lords and princes for blood is inherited, but virtue is common property, and may be acquired by all it has, moreover, an intrinsic worth, which blood has not.
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He who sings frightens away his ills.
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Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued
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Think before thou speakest.
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Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
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Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
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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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All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.
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We must not stand upon trifles.
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Give the devil his due.
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Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
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There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.
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But do not give it to a lawyer's clerk to write, for they use a legal hand that Satan himself will not understand.
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