Spanish Proverb

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    Water for oxen, wine for kings.
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    I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts.
    Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)

    As you see yourself, I once saw myself; as you see me now, you will be seen.
    —Mexican proverb quoted in “Night and Day,” Frontiers, Richard Rodriguez (1990)