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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Miguel de Cervantes
Born: September 29, 1547
Died: April 23, 1616 (aged 68)
Bio: Miguel de Cervantes was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright.
Known for:
- Don Quixote (1605)
- Novelas ejemplares (1613)
- La Galatea (1585)
- Viaje al Parnaso (1614)
- Los tratos de Argel
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