... truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of tim… - Miguel de Cervantes

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... truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of time, depository of deeds, witness of the past, example and lesson to the present, and warning to the future.

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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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Oh, woe is me,” said the niece, “my uncle’s a poet, too! He knows everything, he understands everything, and I’d wager that if he wanted to be a mason, he’d know how to build a house as well as a cage.

de su vida: aquí amanecían, acullá comían; unas veces huían, sin saber de quién, y otras esperaban

Mira, Sancho — dijo don Quijote — : dondequiera que está la virtud en eminente grado, es perseguida.

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