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Miguel De Cervantes Quotes

Biography: Miguel de Cervantes is best known for his pivotal work "Don Quixote," ... more Biography: Miguel de Cervantes is best known for his pivotal work "Don Quixote," considered one of the greatest novels in world literature. Born in 1547 in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, Cervantes was a soldier, captive, tax collector, and playwright. His experiences deeply influenced his writing, blending realism and idealism. less

"Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within."

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"No man is more than another unless he does more than another."

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"Virtue is the truest nobility."

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"A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience."

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"Delay always breeds danger."

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"Where envy reigns virtue can't live."

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"Every man is the son of his own works."

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"Hunger is the best sauce in the world."

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"Tell me thy company, and I will tell thee what thou art."

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"Many go out for wool and come home shorn themselves."

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"Too much sanity may be madness and maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be."

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"Time ripens all things; no man is born wise."

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"The proof of the pudding is in the eating"

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"Ideas are not susceptible to the force of bayonets "

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"Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory "

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