Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher
30 August 1833
Table Talk (1821–1834)
“Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.”
Cada uno es como Dios le hizo, y aún peor muchas veces.
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 4.
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