Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
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I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.
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Do not eat garlic or onions; for their smell will reveal that you are a peasant.
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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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He who reforms, God assists.
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A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
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A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket.
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For neither good nor evil can last for ever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand.
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You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.
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There is no jewel in the world so valuable as a chaste and virtuous woman.
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I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.
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Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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Every man is the son of his own works.
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A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.
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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
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Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.
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Now blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep. It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak.
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A bad year and a bad month to all the backbiting bitches in the world!
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Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.
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God bears with the wicked, but not forever.
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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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Thou camest out of thy mother's belly without government, thou hast liv'd hitherto without government, and thou mayst be carried to thy long home without government, when it shall please the Lord. How many people in this world live without government, yet do well enough, and are well look'd upon?
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The treason pleases, but the traitors are odious.
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A tooth is much more to be prized than a diamond.