For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.
Time Learning Man

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About Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes was a 16th-century Spanish writer. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his two-part novel Don Quixote, a work considered to be the first modern novel. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Time — Reflections on the passage of time and how we spend it

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