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• Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.

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  Honey

  "Don Quixote". Book by Miguel de Cervantes, II. 43, 1605-1615.

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• Virtue is the truest nobility.

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  Literature, Virtue, Nobility

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1719). “THE HISTORY Of the RENOWNED Don QUIXOTE De la MANCHA.”, p.129

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• There is a time for some things, and a time for all things; a time for great things, and a time for small things.

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  Time, Great Things, All Things

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

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

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  Life, Wise, Wisdom

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.544, Wordsworth Editions

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• Woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.

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  Advice, Littles, Fool

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• The pen is the tongue of the mind.

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  Teacher, Writing, Mind

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1867). “Don Quixote”, p.370

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• Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles.

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  Sleep, Waking, Trouble

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1858). “Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.587

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• Fortune may have yet a better success in reserve for you and they who lose today may win tomorrow.

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  Winning, May, Today

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.38, Wordsworth Editions

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• Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals; for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives; and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.

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  Freedom, Men, Hands

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• I do not insist," answered Don Quixote, "that this is a full adventure, but it is the beginning of one, for this is the way adventures begin.

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  Adventure, Way

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1957). “Don Quixote”, Signet Book

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• That one man scorned and covered with scars
  Still strove with his last ounce of courage
  To reach the unreachable star.

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  Inspirational, Courage, Stars

  "Fictional character: Miguel de Cervantes". "Man of La Mancha", 1965.

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• That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Women, Literature

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.114, Wordsworth Editions

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• The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Success, Wise, Wealth

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• All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.

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  Sight, Inspire, Doe

  "Don Quixote". Book by Miguel de Cervantes, II. 6, 1605-1615.

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• Love is invisible and comes and goes where it wants, without anyone asking about it.

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  Love Is, Asking, Want

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• Facts are the enemy of truth.

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  Witty, Humorous, Inspiration

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• When God sends the dawn, he sends it for all.

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  God, Dawn

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2013). “Don Quixote of La Mancha (Full Text)/ Introductory analysis and literary poem by Atidem Aroha.”, p.680, Alejandro's Libros

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• Give the devil his due.

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  Revenge, Giving, Devil

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.96, Wordsworth Editions

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• The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.

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  Work, Men, Bravery

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• Beware, gentle knight - the greatest monster of them all is reason.

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  Knowing Who You Are, Knights, Monsters

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• It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1771). “The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.228

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• A good name is better than bags of gold.

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  Names, Gold, Bags

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1866). “Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.508

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• A knowledge of thyself will preserve thee from vanity.

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  Vanity, Thee, Preserves

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1867). “Don Quixote”, p.490

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• Be not under the dominion of thine own will; it is the vice of the ignorant, who vainly presume on their own understanding.

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  Understanding, Ignorant, Vices

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1851). “The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.321

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• From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.

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  Reading, Sleep, Brain

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