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Everything disturbs an absent lover.
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Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king, which they feared at first, but soon scorned and trampled on.
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There’s no sauce in the world like hunger.
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It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.
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Though God’s attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.
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Man appoints, and God disappoints.
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Fair and softly goes far.
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Heaven’s help is better-than early rising.
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By a small sample we may judge of the whole piece.
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Under a bad cloak there is often a good drinker.
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Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. His most famous work, 'Don Quixote,' is considered one of the most important literary works ever written and the first modern novel. Cervantes' life was marked by adventure and hardship, including military service, participation in the Battle of Lepanto where he was wounded, and long periods of poverty and imprisonment. Despite these adversities, he produced a vast body of work that explored themes such as reality versus illusion, honor, and madness. His writing is characterized by its wit, humanism, and psychological depth. Cervantes has had a lasting influence on world literature, and his figure is synonymous with literary genius.