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• ...it is the privilege of fools to speak the truth without giving offense. -- Erasmu
• In wine there is truth (In vino veritas). -- Pliny
• In vino veritas. In aqua sanitas. [In wine, truth. In water, health.]
• When asked what wine he liked to drink, he replied, "That which belongs to another.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi...
• It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Of the Training of Childre...
• A good prince will tax as lightly as possible those commodities which are used by the poorest members of society
  e.g., grain, bread, beer, wine, clothing, and all other staples without which human life could not exist....
• There is drinking of wine In genuine confidence. No blame.
  But if one wets his head, He loses it, in truth....
• No one respects a talent that is concealed. ERASMUS
• It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
  -- Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD) -- Natural History, Book xiv, Sect. 141...