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Whether it's the pot that hits the rock or the rock that hits the pot , it's the pot that will break every time
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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It will be seen in the frying of the eggs.
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There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.
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Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.
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Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.
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The little birds have God for their caterer.
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Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.
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I shall be as secret as the grave.
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Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.
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That which costs little is less valued.
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