Here lies a gentleman bold ...

Here lies a gentleman bold Who was so very brave He went to lengths untold, And on the brink of the grave Death had on him no hold. By the world he set small store-- He frightened it to the core-- Yet somehow, by Fate\'s plan, Though he\'d lived a crazy man, When he died he was sane once more.

Here lies a gentleman bold Who was so very brave He went to lengths untold, And on the brink of the grave Death had on him no hold. By the world he set small store-- He frightened it to the core-- Yet somehow, by Fate's plan, Though he'd lived a crazy man, When he died he was sane once more.

Miguel de Cervantes

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Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

Miguel de Cervantes

Those who will play with cats must expect to be scratched.

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I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.

Miguel de Cervantes

Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable

Miguel de Cervantes

There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all sciences.

Miguel de Cervantes