A great man who is vicious will be a great example of vice and a rich man who is not generous will be merely a miserly beggar, for the possessor of w… - Miguel de Cervantes

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A great man who is vicious will be a great example of vice and a rich man who is not generous will be merely a miserly beggar, for the possessor of wealth is not made happy by possessing it but by spending it, and not by spending it as he pleases but by knowing how to spend it well.

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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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en ningunas cosas se muestra más esta verdad que en las de la guerra, adonde la celeridad y presteza previene los discursos del enemigo, y alcanza la vitoria antes que el contrario se ponga en defensa.

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