Homer — "Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious s…"
Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.
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The Odyssey, Book 14 (Pope's translation)
Date: c. 8th century BCE (translated 18th century)
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