Love not what you are but only what you may become.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTESRiches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable.
More Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
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Great expectations are better than a poor possession.
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The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune’s spite; revive from ashes and rise.
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Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.
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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
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Dine on little, and sup on less.
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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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Get the better of yourself – this is the best kind of victory.
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The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away.
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Let us make hay while the sun shines.
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In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
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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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To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.
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Patience and shuffle the cards.
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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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The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
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Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.
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Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
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Comparisons are odious.
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Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
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Until death it is all life.
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My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.
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They who lose today may win tomorrow.
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Can we ever have too much of a good thing?
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Give the devil his due.
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It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
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What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman’s mind?
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