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From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.
Miguel de Cervantes

Thomas More by Hans Holbein

One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.
Thomas More

 

 

Quotations

 

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
Leonardo da Vinci

 

What do West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet have in common?

Europe about 1560

Student Research

What book did Miguel de Cervantes start writing while he was in prison?

 

Timeline 1450-1650

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