Life as it is. I've lived for over 40 years and I've seen life as it is. Pain. Misery....
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Miguel de Cervantes: Life as it is. I've lived for over 40 years and I've seen life as it is. Pain. Misery. Cruelty beyond belief. I've heard all the voices of God's noblest creature. Moans from bundles of filth in the street. I've been a soldier and a slave. I've seen my comrades fall in battle or die more slowly under the lash in Africa. I've held them in my arms at the final moment. These were men who saw life as it is, yet they died despairing. No glory, no brave last words, only their eyes, filled with confusion, questioning "Why?" I do not think they were asking why they were dying, but why they had ever lived. When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness To surrender dreams - -this may be madness; to seek treasure where there is only trash. Too much sanity may be madness! And maddest of all - to see life as it is and not as it should be!
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Life as it is
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I have lived for over forty years and I've seen
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life as it is
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Pain
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misery
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cruelty beyond belief
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I've heard all the voices of God's noblest creature
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Moans from bundles of filth in the street
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I've been a soldier and a slave
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I've seen my comrades fall in battle
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or die more slowly under the lash in Africa
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I've held them at the last moment
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These were men who saw life as it is
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Yet they died despairing
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No glory no brave last words
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Only their eyes filled with confusion
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questioning why
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I do not think they were asking why they were dying
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but why they had ever lived
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When life itself seems lunatic who knows where madness lies
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Perhaps to be too practical is madness
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To surrender dreams this may be madness
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To seek treasure where there is only trash
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too much sanity may be madness
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And maddest of all
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to see life as it is and not as it should be
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Movie Summary
The funny story of mad but kind and chivalrous elderly nobleman Don Quixote who, aided by his squire Sancho Panza, fights windmills that are seen as dragons to save prostitute Dulcinea who is seen as a noblewoman.
