I say that good painters imitated nature; but that bad ones vomited it.

Miguel de Cervantes in Exemplary Novels (1613)
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A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse.

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A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.

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My heart is wax moulded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.

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You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.

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Pray look better, Sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

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No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

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Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

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Take care, your worship, those things over there are not giants but windmills.

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Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

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