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Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish novelist, author of Don Quixote, 1547–1616. Explained quotes.
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About Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes was a Spanish soldier, tax collector and writer who was wounded at the Battle of Lepanto and spent five years as a captive in Algiers. Don Quixote, published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, is often called the first modern novel.
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- “Tell me what company thou keepest, and I'll tell thee what thou art.”Don Quixote, Part II, Chapter 10 (Sancho Panza quoting a proverb; Ormsby translation), 1615
- “There are only two families in the world, the Haves and the Haven'ts.”Don Quixote, Part II, Chapter 20 (Sancho Panza quoting his grandmother; Ormsby translation), 1615