You should know, Sancho, that a man is not worth more than … - Miguel de Cervantes

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You should know, Sancho, that a man is not worth more than any other if he does not do more than any other.

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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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One man is no more than another, if he do no more than what another does.

Bear in mind, Sancho, that one man is no more than another, unless he does more than another.

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You should know, Sancho, that a man is not worth more than any other if he does not do more than any other. - Miguel de Cervantes

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