“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”
Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise—intoxicating substances are personified as opponents of wisdom itself, establishing that loss of mental clarity represents a forfeiture of wise living regardless of social context.
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