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To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action when there is more reason to fear than to hope. 'Tis the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket. And though I am but a clown, or a bumpkin, as you may say, yet I would have you to know I know what is what, and have always taken care of the main chance...

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A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause.

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Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason.

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The reason for the unreason with which you treat my reason, so weakens my reason that with reason I complain of your beauty.

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Love is influenced by no consideration, recognizes no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike the lofty palaces of kings and the humble cabins of shepherds; and when it takes entire possession of a heart, the first thing it does is to banish fear and shame from it.

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Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes
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Born: September 29, 1547
Died: April 23, 1616 (aged 68)
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