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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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• 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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• 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's no love lost between us.

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  Life, Lost Love, No Love Lost

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1749). “The History Of the Renowned Don Quixote De la Mancha”, p.266

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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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• 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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• Treason pleases, but not the traitor.

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  Traitor, Treason, Please

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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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• 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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• Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.

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  Kings, Snakes, Devil

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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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• We ought to love our Maker for His own sake, without either hope of good or fear of pain.

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  God, Pain, Sake

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.216, Wordsworth Editions

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• A man prepared has half fought the battle.

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  Men, Progress, Battle

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1877). “Spanish Salt: A Collection of All the Proverbs which are to be Found in Don Quixote”, p.26

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• An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

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  Motivational, Truth, Honesty

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.550, Wordsworth Editions

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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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• I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.

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  Shoes, My Own, I Can

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.222, Wordsworth Editions

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• I have other fish to fry.

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  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.556, Wordsworth Editions

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• Dine on little, and sup on less.

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  Littles, Dine, Prudence

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1877). “Spanish Salt: A Collection of All the Proverbs which are to be Found in Don Quixote”, p.26

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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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• For let us women be never so ill-favored, I imagine that we are always delighted to hear ourselves called handsome.

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  Vanity, Handsome, Imagine

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• It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.

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  Food, Men, Cooking

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1822). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha ...”, p.154

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• Take away the motive, and you take away the sin.

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  Sin, Motive

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• But do not give it to a lawyer's clerk to write, for they use a legal hand that Satan himself will not understand.

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  Writing, Hands, Giving

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). “Don Quixote”, p.214, Collector's Library

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• Well-gotten wealth may lose itself, but the ill-gotten loses its master also.

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  May, Wealth, Masters

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1877). “Spanish Salt: A Collection of All the Proverbs which are to be Found in Don Quixote”, p.12

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