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Miguel de Cervantes

I believe there's no proverb but what is true they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.

Miguel de Cervantes

Experience

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Miguel de Cervantes is saying that every proverb is based on real-life experiences, making them reliable statements. He also calls experience the common source from which all knowledge and understanding come.

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