All beauty does not inspire love; some please the sight without captivating the affections. If all beauties were to enamour and captivate, the hearts… - Miguel de Cervantes

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All beauty does not inspire love; some please the sight without captivating the affections. If all beauties were to enamour and captivate, the hearts of mankind would be in a continual state of perplexity and confusion — for beautiful objects being infinite, the sentiments they inspire should also be infinite.

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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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Pon, ¡oh miserable y endurecido animal!, pon, digo, esos tus ojos de machuelo espantadizo en las niñas destos míos, comparados a rutilantes estrellas, y veráslos llorar hilo a hilo y madeja a madeja, haciendo surcos, carreras y sendas por los hermosos campos de mis mejillas.
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