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Classical antiquity2 quotes
The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken. — Homer · 700 BCIt is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine. — Heraclitus · 480 BCOld Testament Era1 quote
Wine that maketh glad the heart of man. — Psalm 104:15 · 450 BCThe Renaissance1 quote
It provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance. — William Shakespeare · 1616