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| "Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is, and not as it should be!" -- Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-15) "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." -- Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-15) "The Knight of the Doleful Countenance." (or: "The Knight of the Sad Countenance.") (translation of original Spanish: "El Caballero de la Triste Figura") -- Sancho Panza describing Don Quixote, in: Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-15) "He's a muddle-headed fool, with frequent lucid intervals." -- Sancho Panza describing Don Quixote, in: Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-15) "There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say: the Haves and the Have-Nots." -- Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-15) "Blessing on him who invented sleep, the mantle that covers all human thoughts, the food that satisfies hunger, the drink that slakes thirst, the fire that warms cold." -- Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605-15) |
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