Good wits jump; a word to the wise is enough. - Miguel de Cervantes

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Good wits jump; a word to the wise is enough.

Miguel de Cervantes

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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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zaga. En resolución, él se enfrascó tanto en su letura, que se le pasaban las noches leyendo de claro en claro, y los días de turbio en turbio; y así, del poco dormir y del mucho leer, se le secó el celebro, de manera que vino a perder el juicio.

The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.

You are taking the wrong sow by the ear.

Good wits jump; a word to the wise is enough. - Miguel de Cervantes

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