There are only two families in the world, as a grandmother of mine used to say: the… — Miguel de Cervantes
There are only two families in the world, as a grandmother of mine used to say: the haves and the have-nots.
In the original Spanish
Dos linajes solos hay en el mundo, como decia una abuela mia, que son el tener y el no tener.
Don Quixote · 1615
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De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.
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De Cervantes, Miguel. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha]. Madrid: Francisco de Robles, 1605.