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Miguel de Cervantes, a Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, was born on September 29, 1547, and died on April 22, 1616. He is best known for his masterpiece, 'Don Quixote,' which is considered a classic of Western literature and has had a profound impact on literature worldwide.

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Famous Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

“I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine; every man for himself, and God for us all.”

Men Food Mines Cooking Every Man Bread Noses Culinary Thrust Bread And Butter Porridge Every Man For Himself

Book:The History Of the Renowned Don Quixote De la Mancha

Source: The History Of the Renowned Don Quixote De la Mancha

“There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose into the world, with as much dispatch as they would do a dish of fritters.”

Men World Writing Book Turns Dishes

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends.”

Men Feels Strange Sorrow Legacy Charm Remove Estates Inheritance Alleviate Death Of A Friend

Book:The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha

Source: The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha

“One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house.”

Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.”

Men Literature House Talking Ill

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“Once a woman parts with her virtue, she loses the esteem even of the man whose vows and tears won her to abandon it.”

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Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote

“Now blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep. It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak.”

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Book:Don Quixote

Source: Don Quixote