Can we ever have too much of a good thing?

Pero nunca lo bueno fue mucho.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

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Topic

Too much of a good thing Excess

Author

Miguel de Cervantes

Source

Don Quixote

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Question

Language

Spanish

Time

1605 1600s 16th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Spain Europe

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Original Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha]. Madrid: Francisco de Robles, 1605.

Current Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.

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