A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world as a public indecency. - Miguel de Cervantes

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A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world as a public indecency.

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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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Don Quixote promised, in the name of all the others, not to interrupt, and with this assurance the Ragged One began, saying: “My name is Cardenio;1 my home, one of the finest cities in Andalucía; my family, noble; my parents, wealthy; my misfortune, so great that my parents had to weep and my family grieve, but their wealth could not alleviate it, for worldly possessions can do little to remedy the afflictions sent by heaven.

y cuando, por otra parte, vemos individuos que, aun sacados jóvenes del estado natural, perfectamente amansados, habiendo vivido bastante tiempo y sanos -de lo que podría dar yo numerosos ejemplos-, tienen, sin embargo, su aparato reproductor tan gravemente perjudicado, por causas desconocidas, que deja de funcionar, no ha de sorprendernos que este aparato, cuando funciona en cautividad, lo haga irregularmente y produzca descendencia algo diferente de sus padres.

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