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• Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Truth, Oil, Water

  Miguel de Cervantes (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Miguel de Cervantes (Illustrated)”, p.1102, Delphi Classics

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• Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Cat, Play, Expectations

  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”, p.222

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• There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.

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  Men, Doubt, Despair

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1855). “The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha: With Illus. by Schoff”, p.384

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• Whether it's the pot that hits the rock or the rock that hits the pot , it's the pot that will break every time

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Rocks, Pot, Break

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• Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good.

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  Wisdom, Wicked, Virtue

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). “Don Quixote”, p.449, Collector's Library

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• The road to the inn is much better than the stay.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Life, Inns

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• In the night all cats are gray.

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  Cat, Night, Gray

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). “The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha”, p.339

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• A stout heart breaks bad luck.

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  Heart, Luck, Break

  Miguel de Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). “Don Quixote: Easyread Large Edition”, p.601, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Wit and humor belong to genius alone.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Genius, Wit And Humor, Wit

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1867). “Don Quixote”, p.316

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• Every man is the son of his own works.

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  Son, Acceptance, Men

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Quixote de la Mancha (don, fict.name.) (1847). “The history of don Quixote de la Mancha. From the Span. To which is prefixed a sketch of the life and writings of the author. Select libr. ed”, p.14

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• Jealousy sees things always with magnifying glasses which make little things large, of dwarfs giants, of suspicions truths.

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  Emotional, Glasses, Giants

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• Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Madness

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• Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

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  Military, Victory, Half

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). “Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.346

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• Seek for good, but expect evil.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Evil, Goodness

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• Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Secret, Promise, Literature

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• Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.

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  Luck, Doe, Complaining

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• Men of great talents, whether poets or historians, seldom escape the attacks of those who, without ever favoring the world with any production of their own, take delight in criticising the works of others.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Men, Delight, World

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1867). “Don Quixote”, p.317

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• God who gives the wound gives the salve.

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  God, Giving, Wounds

  Miguel de Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). “Don Quixote: Easyread Large Edition”, p.310, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• For neither good nor evil can last for ever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand.

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  Hands, Long, Evil

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). “Don Quixote”, p.140, Collector's Library

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• By the streets of 'by and by,' one arrives at the house of 'never'.

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  Procrastination, House, Streets

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• Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.

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  Regret, Years, Bird

  "The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha".

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• There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.

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  Grandmother, Two, Diversity

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). “Don Quixote”, p.643, Collector's Library

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• Death eats up all things, both the young lamb and old sheep; and I have heard our parson say, death values a prince no more than a clown.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Death, Sheep, Dying

  "Don Quixote".

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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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• Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued

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  Abundance, Good Things

  Miguel de Cervantes (2015). “Don Quixote: Top 100 Classic Novels”, p.426, 谷月社

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