“It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 1.
“620. Before you make a friend eate a bushell of salt with him.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
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Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest 1593–1633Related quotes
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“892. Better eat Salt with Philosophers of Greece, than eat Sugar with Courtezans of Italy.”
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“It's salt. Why don't you sprinkle some on me, honey? Aren't I just good enough to eat?”
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“Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.”
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“Being kissed by a man who didn't wax his moustache was like eating an egg without salt.”
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