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Miguel de Cervantes Quotes: Sorrow was made for man, not for beasts; yet if men encourage melancholy too much, they become no better than beasts.
         

Sorrow was made for man, not for beasts; yet if men encourage melancholy too much, they become no better than beasts.


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