I have always heard it said, Sancho, that to do good to boors is to throw water into the sea. - Miguel de Cervantes

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I have always heard it said, Sancho, that to do good to boors is to throw water into the sea.

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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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Y cuando vuestra desventura fuera de aquellas que tienen cerradas las puertas a todo género de consuelo, pensaba ayudaros a llorarla y plañirla como mejor pudiera; que todavía es consuelo en las desgracias hallar quien se duela dellas.
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