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The ass will carry his load, but not a double load; ride not a free horse to death.
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)
A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world as a public indecency.
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)
Sancho Panza by name, is my own self, if I was not changed in my cradle.
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)
I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)
I know what's what, and have always taken care of the main chance.
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
He has an oar in every man's boat, and a finger in every pie.
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)
Remember the old saying, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)
Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)
To do good to villains is to pour water into the sea.
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)
I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)
Of good natural parts and of a liberal education.
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)
Good wits jump; 45 a word to the wise is enough.
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)
Good wits jump; a word to the wise is enough.
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)
An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)
The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself so even amidst an army of soldiers.
With life many things are remedied.
(While there's life there's hope.)
The pitcher goes so often to the fountain (that it gets broken).
It will be seen in the frying of the eggs.
Many count their chickens before they are hatched; and where they expect bacon, meet with broken bones.
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)