Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.
¶ (Attributed)
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Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) Spanish novelist
Those two fatal words, Mine and Thine.
¶ Don Quixote, ch. 11
Every one is the son of his own works.
¶ Don Quixote, pt. 1, bk. 1, ch. 4 (1605)
Tell me what company thou keepst, and I'll tell thee what thou art.
¶ Don Quixote, pt. 2, bk. 3, ch. 23 (1615)
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