Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)

You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.

You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.

The pitcher goes so often to the fountain (that if gets broken).
[Sp., Tantas veces va el cantarillo a read more

The pitcher goes so often to the fountain (that if gets broken).
[Sp., Tantas veces va el cantarillo a la fuente.]

Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.

Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.

I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.

I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.

But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the
countryman, who looked for his ass while he read more

But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the
countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his
back.