Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1547-1947

Of all book in the world Don Quixote is the most catholic. There is something in it for every sort of reader, young or old, sage or simple, high or low. It is thumbed and read and read and by heart by people of all sorts; the children turn its leaves, the old folks praise it. From the Revelations of Don Quixote by Manuel F. Suarez. When you read Don Quixote be all ears, instead of a laugh you will see a million tears. "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition." The truth, though it be severe, it is one friend we should not fear, "Cervantes."
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