Fasting cures diseases, dries up bodily humors, puts demons to flight, gets rid of impure thoughts, makes the mind clearer and the heart purer, the body sanctified, and raises man to the throne of God. — Athenaeus Copy Share Image
Whoever gulps down wine as a horse gulps down water is called a Scythian. — Athenaeus Copy Share Image
On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a [glass], and said that it was sixteen years old. 'It is very… — Athenaeus Copy Share Image
Every investigation which is guided by principles of Nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach. — Athenaeus Copy Share Image
the Egyptians became fond of wine and bibulous; and so a way was found among them to help those who could not afford wine,… — Athenaeus Copy Share Image
It was a saying of Demetrius Phalereus, that "Men having often abandoned what was visible for the sake of what was uncertain, have not… — Athenaeus Copy Share Image
Fasting cures diseases, dries up bodily humors, puts demons to flight, gets rid of impure thoughts, makes the mind clearer and the heart purer,… — Athenaeus Copy Share Image
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