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Heraclitus1 quote
It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine. — Heraclitus · 480 BCHerman Melville1 quote
Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian. — Herman Melville · 1851Homer1 quote
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 BCJohn Gay1 quote
From wine what sudden friendship springs! — John Gay · 1732William Shakespeare1 quote
It provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance. — William Shakespeare · 1616