The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.
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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 →

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“That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.”
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“Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.”
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