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Time ripens all things. No man is born wise. Bishops are made of men and not of stones.

— Miguel de Cervantes El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)

Nadie nace enseñado, y de los hombres se hacen los obispos, que no de las piedras.

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Ch. 33. Note: "Time ripens all things" is the translator's interpolation and does not appear in the original Spanish text.

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