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Water for oxen, wine for kings.
Spanish Proverb
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To a man wine is like water is to the boat; it can carry him or guzzle him up.
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The cart ruins the road, the woman the man, the water the wine.
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A fish should swim thrice: in water, in sauce, and in wine.
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Drink wine and let water go to the mill.
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