"To think that the affairs of this life……" — Miguel de Cervantes
"To think that the affairs of this life always remain in the same state is a vain presumption; indeed they all seem to be perpetually changing and moving in a circular course. Spring is followed by summer, summer by autumn, and autumn by winter, which is again followed by spring, and so time continues its everlasting round. But the life of man is ever racing to its end, swifter than time itself, without hope of renewal, unless in the next that is limitless and infinite."
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Miguel de Cervantes
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314 Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes
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Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.
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It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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