The ass will carry his load, but not a double load; ride not a free horse to death. - Miguel de Cervantes

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The ass will carry his load, but not a double load; ride not a free horse to death.

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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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Pero a partir de hoy mi vida, toda mi vida, independientemente de lo que pueda pasar, no será ya irrazonable, no carecerá de sentido como hasta ahora, sino que en todos y en cada uno de sus momentos poseerá el sentido indudable del bien, que yo soy dueño de infundir en ella.»

Pardon me, your Grace,” said Sancho, “for, as I can neither read nor write, as I have told you before, I neither know nor comprehend the rules of the knightly profession.

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