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Fire tests metal, wine tests men. - Japanese proverb

Fire tests metal, wine tests men. – Japanese proverb

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Drink—wine dissipates sorrow! – Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814), “Of the Sentiments of

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Water for oxen, wine for kings. – Proverb

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Man drinks wine, then wine drinks wine, then wine drinks man. – Japanese proverb

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Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others… This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. – Samuel Johnson

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