The most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton. - Miguel de Cervantes

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The most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.

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About Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (29 September 1547 – 23 April 1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet and playwright. He is most famous for his novel Don Quixote, or Don Quijote de la Mancha, which is considered by many to be the first modern novel, one of the greatest works in Western literature, and the greatest of the Spanish language.

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We have not run across anyone,” responded Don Quixote, “but we found a saddle cushion and traveling case not far from here.” “I found them, too,” responded the goatherd, “but I never wanted to pick them up or go near them because I was afraid there’d be trouble and they’d say I stole them; the devil’s sly, and he puts things under our feet that make us stumble and fall, and we don’t know how or why.

Quiero decir que, así como don Fernando gozó a la labradora, se le aplacaron sus deseos y se resfriaron sus ahíncos;y si primero fingía quererse ausentar, por remediarlos, ahora de veras procuraba irse, por no ponerlos en ejecución.

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