he who does not know how to take advantage of luck when it comes to him, has no right to complain if it gives him the go-by; - Miguel de Cervantes

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he who does not know how to take advantage of luck when it comes to him, has no right to complain if it gives him the go-by;

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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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