I am not suited to the palace, for I have self-respect and do not know how to flatter. - Miguel de Cervantes

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I am not suited to the palace, for I have self-respect and do not know how to flatter.

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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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When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical may be madness. To surrender dreams, this may be madness ...Maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.

¿Sigues rogando a Dios, Rodia, crees en la misericordia de nuestro Creador y de nuestro Salvador? Sentiría en el alma que te hubieras contaminado de esa enfermedad de moda que se llama ateísmo. Si es así, piensa que ruego por ti. Acuérdate, querido, de cuando eras niño; entonces, en presencia de tu padre, que aún vivía, tú balbuceabas tus oraciones sentado en mis rodillas. Y todos éramos felices

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