Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and the goal of a good intention was never reached through its opposite, laziness. - Miguel de Cervantes

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Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and the goal of a good intention was never reached through its opposite, laziness.

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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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