Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad.

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Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad. This one-liner comes from a short story by Miguel de Cervantes, the author of “Don Quixote.” In it, he explains that when reading about chivalry, a man becomes more likely to believe in the dream of chivalry and to become its knight.

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