I do not deny that what happened to us is a thing worth laughing at. B…

Miguel de Cervantes
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I do not deny that what happened to us is a thing worth laughing at. But it is not worth telling, for not everyone is sufficiently intelligent to be able to see things from the right point of view. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). Don Quixote, p.160, Collector's Library
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I do not deny that what happened to us is a thing worth laughing at. But it is not worth telling, for not everyone is sufficiently intelligent to be able to see things from the right point of view. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (2006). Don Quixote, p.160, Collector's Library

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