Sirach 31:29

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Sirach 31:29 (WEB)
Wine drunk excessively is bitterness of soul, with provocation and conflict.

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Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor II.2Book II
“And before tragedy, Wisdom cried, “Much wine drunk abounds in irritation and all manner of mistakes.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. xxxi. 29.
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