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• The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce.

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  Divorce, Funny Divorce, Worst

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• Fair and softly goes far.

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  Compassion, Literature, Fairness

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Pierre Antoine Motteux (1719). “The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux”

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• Every dog has his day.

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  Dog, Fun

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1864). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of la Mancha”, p.208

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• For me alone Don Quixote was born and I for him. His was the power of action, mine of writing.

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  Writing, Action, Born

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1990). “Don Quixote”

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• It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.

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  Discipline, Literature, Praise

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1948). “The Living Thoughts of Cervantes”

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• One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.

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  Literature, Advantage, Servant

  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.232

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• When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical may be madness. To surrender dreams, this may be madness ...Maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.

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  Dream, Lying, May

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• The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune's spite; revive from ashes and rise.

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  Uplifting, Hope, Sky

  "The Book of the Bizarre: Freaky Facts & Strange Stories". Book by Varla Ventura (p. 46), 2008.

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• The fear thou art in, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "prevents thee from seeing or hearing correctly, for one of the effects of fear is to derange the senses and make things appear different from what they are; if thou art in such fear, withdraw to one side and leave me to myself, for alone I suffice to bring victory to that side to which I shall give my aid;" and so saying he gave Rocinante the spur, and putting the lance in rest, shot down the slope like a thunderbolt.

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  Art, Giving, Victory

  Miguel de Cervantes (2015). “Don Quixote (StoneHenge Classics): The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.107, StoneHenge Classics

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• Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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  Easter, Investment Success, Chocolate Eggs

  "Moral essays on proverbs". Book by Samuel Palmer, 1710.

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• Since Don Quixote de la Mancha is a crazy fool and a madman, and since Sancho Panza, his squire, knows it, yet, for all that, serves and follows him, and hangs on these empty promises of his, there can be no doubt that he is more of a madman and a fool than his master.

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  Crazy, Doubt, Promise

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1950). “The adventures of Don Quixote”, Penguin Classics

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• He who sings frightens away his ills.

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  Inspirational, Happiness, Music

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1872). “Sancho Panza's Proverbs: And Others which Occur in Don Quixote”, p.7

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• There's no sauce in the world like hunger.

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  Funny, Humorous, Food

  MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (1719). “THE HISTORY OF THE RENOWNED DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA”, p.51

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• Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

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  Home, Wool, Coming Home

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.563, Wordsworth Editions

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• One who has not only the four S's, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet; as for example... Agreeable, Bountiful, Constant, Dutiful, Easy, Faithful, Gallant, Honorable, Ingenious, Kind, Loyal, Mild, Noble, Officious, Prudent, Quiet, Rich, Secret, True, Valiant, Wise; the X indeed, is too harsh a letter to agree with him, but he is Young and Zealous.

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  Love, Wise, Faithful

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1854). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.165

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• there are many hours and minutes between now and tomorrowand in any one of them-even in a minute,the house falls

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  Fall, House, Hours

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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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  Writing, Soul, Tongue

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1898). “The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of la Mancha”

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• He who gives early gives twice.

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  Giving, Charity

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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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  Discipline, Padlocks, Bars

  "The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote de la Mancha".

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• Delay always breeds danger.

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  Anger, Delay, Danger

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.199, Wordsworth Editions

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• Happy the man to whom heaven has given a morsel of bread without laying him under the obligation of thanking any other for it than heaven itself.

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  Men, Heaven, Bread

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1853). “Don Quixote de La Mancha”, p.362

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• Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

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  Truth, Oil, Broken

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• Too much sanity may be madness!

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  May, Too Much, Madness

  "Fictional character: Miguel de Cervantes". "Man of La Mancha", www.imdb.com. 1972.

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• Old, that's an affront no woman can well bear.

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  Women, Bears, Affront

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1749). “Don Quixote”, p.241

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• My honor is dearer to me than my life.

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  Honor

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1941). “The First Part of the Life and Achievements of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha”

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