Spanish - Novelist | September 29, 1547 - April 23, 1616
In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
Miguel de Cervantes
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The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
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Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
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The eyes those silent tongues of love.
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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
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Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.
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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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Pray look better, Sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.
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When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
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One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.
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For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.
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