
“It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 1.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 1.
“892. Better eat Salt with Philosophers of Greece, than eat Sugar with Courtezans of Italy.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1740) : Thou hadst better eat salt with the Philosophers of Greece, than sugar with the Courtiers of Italy.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Swamp Thing (1983–1987)
“It's salt. Why don't you sprinkle some on me, honey? Aren't I just good enough to eat?”
Source: Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth
“Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.”
“Being kissed by a man who didn't wax his moustache was like eating an egg without salt.”
The Story of the Gadsbys (1888), "Poor Dear Mamma".
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