The greatest madness a man can be guilty of in this life, is to let himself die outright, without being slain by any person whatever, or destroyed by… - Miguel de Cervantes
" "The greatest madness a man can be guilty of in this life, is to let himself die outright, without being slain by any person whatever, or destroyed by any other weapon than the hands of melancholy
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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Vos, hermano, idos a ser gobierno o ínsulo, y entonaos a vuestro gusto; que mi hija ni yo, por el siglo de mi madre, que no nos hemos de mudar un paso de nuestra aldea: la mujer honrada, la pierna quebrada, y en casa; y la doncella honesta, el hacer algo es su fiesta. Idos con vuestro don Quijote a vuestras aventuras, y dejadnos a nosotras con nuestras malas venturas, que Dios nos las mejorará como seamos buenas; y yo no sé, por cierto, quién le puso a él don, que no tuvieron sus padres ni sus agüelos.
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