Quotation by Miguel De Cervantes

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There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends.

Miguel De Cervantes

Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616), Spanish writer. Don Quixote, pt. 2, bk. 6, ch. 41, trans. by P. Motteux (1615).

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