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...if the verses are for a literary competition, your grace should try to win second place; first is always won through favor or because of the high estate of the person, second is won because of pure justice, and by this calculation third becomes second, and the first becomes third...

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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