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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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The pen is the tongue of the soul as are the thoughts engendered there, so will be the things written.
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The absent feel and fear every ill.
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It requires a long time to know anyone.
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The treason pleases, but the traitors are odious.
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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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