After the gratifications of brutish appetites are past, the… - Miguel de Cervantes

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After the gratifications of brutish appetites are past, the greatest pleasure then is to get rid of that which entertained it.

Miguel de Cervantes

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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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After the gratifications of brutish appetites are past, the greatest pleasure then is to get rid of that which entertained it. - Miguel de Cervantes

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