“I can tell where my own shoe pinches me; and you must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book IV, Ch. 5.
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Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright 1547–1616Related quotes
“One of the most difficult of the philosopher's tasks is to find out where the shoe pinches.”
Source: 1910s, Notebooks 1914-1916, p. 61
Writing about Gregorius Richter, chief pastor of Görlitz, who had condemned his writings (2 April 1624), as quoted in Concerning the Three Principles of the Divine Essence (1910), edited by Paul Deussen, Introduction
Context: I must tell you, sir, that yesterday the pharisaical devil was let loose, cursed me and my little book, and condemned the book to the fire. He charged me with shocking vices; with being a scorner of both Church and Sacraments, and with getting drunk daily on brandy, wine, and beer; all of which is untrue; while he himself is a drunken man.
“If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of douts of my own.”
“My shoe is off. My foot is cold. I have a bird I like to hold.”
Source: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
“And I can hear my mother saying
"Every old sock meets an old shoe"
Isn't that a great saying?”
Song lyrics, The Red Shoes (1993)
“Don't take a leak on my shoes and tell me it's raining.”
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“Oh sir! I must not tell my age.
They say women and music should never be dated.”
She Stoops to Conquer (1771), Act III