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" "Aun entre los demonios hay unos peores que otros, y entre muchos malos hombres suele haber alguno bueno.
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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But now, in these our detestable times, no maiden is safe, even if she is hidden and enclosed in another labyrinth like the one in Crete; because even there, through chinks in the wall, or carried by the air itself, with the zealousness of accursed solicitation the amorous pestilence finds its way in and, despite all their seclusion, maidens are brought to ruin. It was for their protection, as time passed and wickedness spread, that the order of knights errant was instituted: to defend maidens, protect widows, and come to the aid of orphans and those in need.
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Yo, que siempre trabajo y me desvelo
por parecer que tengo de poeta
la gracia que no quiso darme el cielo,
quisiera despachar a la estafeta
mi alma, o por los aires, y ponella
sobre las cumbres del nombrado Oeta,
pues, descubriendo desde allí la bella
corriente de Aganipe, en un saltico
pudiera el labio remojar en ella,
y quedar del licor süave y rico
el pancho lleno, y ser de allí adelante
poeta ilustre, o al menos magnifico.
Mas mil inconvenientes al instante
se me ofrecieron, y quedó el deseo
en cierne, desvalido e ignorante.
Porque [en] la piedra que en mis hombros veo,
que la Fortuna me cargó pesada,
mis mal logradas esperanzas leo.