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Thou hast seen nothing yet.

Miguel de Cervantes

Optimistic, Literature

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.158, Wordsworth Editions

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Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.

Miguel de Cervantes

Long, Victory, Half

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A shy face is better than a forward heart.

Miguel de Cervantes

Heart, Shy, Faces

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It is not the responsibility of knights errant to discover whether the afflicted, the enchained and the oppressed whom they encounter on the road are reduced to these circumstances and suffer this distress for their vices, or for their virtues: the knight's sole responsibility is to succour them as people in need, having eyes only for their sufferings, not for their misdeeds.

Miguel de Cervantes

Eye, Responsibility, Knights

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A blot in thy escutcheon to all futurity.

Miguel de Cervantes

History, Posterity

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.555, Wordsworth Editions

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Where there's music there can be no evil.

Miguel de Cervantes

Evil

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Cunning cheats itself wholly, and other people partially.

Miguel de Cervantes

People, Cheat, Cunning

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Necessity urges desperate measures.

Miguel de Cervantes

Desperate Measures, Desperate, Urges

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1866). “Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.128

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There are two kinds of beauty, one being of the soul and the other of the body, That of the soul is revealed through intelligence, modesty, right conduct, Generosity and good breeding, all of which qualities may exist in an ugly man; And when one's gaze is fixed upon beauty of this sort and not upon that of the body, Love is usually born suddenly and violently.

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Love Is, Men, Two

Miguel de Cervantes (2000). “Don Quixote”, p.1050, Modern Library

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It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.

Miguel de Cervantes

Courage, War, Weapons

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A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse.

Miguel de Cervantes

Men, Pockets, Littles

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1822). “The achievements of the ingenious gentleman, don Quixote de la Mancha. A tr. based on that of P.A. Motteux, with the memoir and notes of J.G. Lockhart”, p.56

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Man have to have friends even in hell.

Miguel de Cervantes

Men, Hell

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God bears with the wicked, but not forever.

Miguel de Cervantes

God, Life And Love, Forever

Miguel de Cervantes (2015). “Don Quixote (StoneHenge Classics): The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.618, StoneHenge Classics

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Comparisons are odious.

Miguel de Cervantes

Guidance, Standards, Comparison

Miguel de Cervantes (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Miguel de Cervantes (Illustrated)”, p.1518, Delphi Classics

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Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.

Miguel de Cervantes

Generosity, Envy, Reign

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). “Don Quixote”, p.450, Collector's Library

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Spare your breath to cool your porridge.

Miguel de Cervantes

Porridge, Miscellaneous, Breaths

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.96

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That which we are capable of feeling, we are capable of saying.

Miguel de Cervantes

Communication, Feelings, Capable

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Behind the cross is the devil.

Miguel de Cervantes

Devil, Crosses, Behinds

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I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.

Miguel de Cervantes

Who I Am, Choices, May

"Don Quixote de La Mancha". Book by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1615.

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Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.

Miguel de Cervantes

Mind, Wit And Humor, Wit

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Everything disturbs an absent lover.

Miguel de Cervantes

Lovers, Absent

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.74, Wordsworth Editions

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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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Mother, Perseverance, Men

"Don Quixote de la Mancha". Book by Miguel de Cervantes, part II, book IV, chapter 38., 1605-1615.

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I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.

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Thee, Contempt, Familiarity

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.116, Wordsworth Editions

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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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Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.270, Wordsworth Editions

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Let every man mind his own business.

Miguel de Cervantes

Men, Mind, Sin

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.133, Wordsworth Editions

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Born: September 29, 1547
Died: April 22, 1616
Occupation: Novelist
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