I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but…

Miguel de Cervantes
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I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha, p.464
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I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar. ✨ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1856). Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha, p.464

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