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Old wood to burn! Old wine to drink! Old friends to trust! Old authors to read!

— Alfonso X of Castile

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Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.

Those who knowingly allow the King to err deserve the same punishment as traitors.

Quemad viejos leños, leed viejos libros, bebed viejos vinos, tened viejos amigos.

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