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I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.

Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)

Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)

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Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise
— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
DrinkingPromise
All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections. [Sp., No todas hermosuras enamoran, que algunas alegran la vista, y no rinden la voluntad.]
— Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)
Beauty
Said the pot to the kettle, "Get away, blackface." [Sp., Dijo la sarten a la caldera, quitate alla ojinegra.]
— Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)
Criticism
Let us not throw the rope after the bucket. [Sp., No arrojemos la soga tras el caldero.]
— Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)
Prudence
Within a stone's throw of it.
— Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)
Proverbial phrases