Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Pierre Antoine Motteux (1749). “The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by mr. Motteux. Ozell”, p.272
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