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What does it mean?
Picasso acknowledges his limit on drinking while maintaining a cheerful or ironic tone about his health.
In plain terms
I cannot drink any more, but I will toast to myself.
What can you take from it?
Know your limits and move on.

Where it applies

  • social gathering
  • night out
  • personal moment

Putting it to work

  • stop drinking when full
  • toast to well-being
  • acknowledge limits

Questions to consider

  • When do you know to stop?
  • How do you say no gracefully?

Another view

The irony is that the toast contradicts the action of stopping drinking.

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