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• Works of charity negligently performed are of no worth.
  [For this statement, "Don Quixote" was placed on the Index by the Spanish Inquisition in 1640....
• Art may improve, but cannot surpass nature.
  -- Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) -- Don Quixote (1605-1615)...
• Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.
  -- Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Don Quixote (1605-1615)...
• The best sauce in the world is hunger.
  -- Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) -- Don Quixote (1605-1615)...
• The beginning of wisdom is fear (respect for) of God.
  -- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) "Don Quixote," see Proverbs 1:7...
• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) -- Don Quixote, Part i, Book iv, Chap.
  iv...
• The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works.
  -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) -- Don Quixote, Part i, Book i, Chap. iv...
• Building castles in the air, -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) -- Don Quixote, Part ii, Book iii, Chap.
  xxxi...
• Delay always breeds danger. -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) -- Don Quixote, Part i, Book iv, Chap.
  ii...