Miguel de Cervantes

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"Which I have earned with the sweat of my brows."	Miscellaneous
"It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when it is human, soon takes upon itself a face of pain; and some of our griefs . . . have their source in weaknesses which must be recognized with smiling compassion as the common inheritance of us all."	Adversity, Art, Difficulty
"Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole."	Friends, Love, Sin
"Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy."	Miscellaneous
"One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this."	Ability, Age, Courage
"Fear is sharp-sighted, and can see things under ground, and much more in the skies."	Fear
"Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be!"	Life, Sanity
"You may as well expect pears from an elm."	Miscellaneous
"You cannot eat your cake and have your cake."	Miscellaneous
"You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne."	Government, Monarchy
"Why do you lead me a wild-goose chase?"	Miscellaneous
"I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion."	Change, Time
"When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome."	Art
"When the head aches, all the members partake of the pain."	Art
"What a man has, so much he is sure of."	Men
"Time ripens all things. No man is born wise."	Knowledge, Men, Time
"In the night all cats are gray."	Miscellaneous
"He has an oar in every man's boat, and a finger in every pie."	Men
"He is as mad as a March hare."	Miscellaneous
"I can look sharp as well as another, and let me alone to keep the cobwebs out of my eyes."	Miscellaneous
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