Did Cervantes really say 'A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.'?

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A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

— Cervantes Early Modern · Don Quixote

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"It is not the part of a good Christian to return evil for evil."

"He who gives quickly gives twice."

"Time ripens all things; no man is born wise."

"A good name is better than riches."

"Every man is the architect of his own fortune."

Don Quixote, Part II, Chapter LXVII

Date: 1615

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