Quote by Plautus

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet:

Summary

This quote implies that wine is capable of deceiving someone by appearing harmless at first but eventually leading them into trouble. It suggests that wine has the ability to entice and seduce individuals into addiction or reckless behaviors. The comparison to a cunning wrestler emphasizes the sly and unpredictable nature of wine, which can easily overpower and disorient people who partake in its consumption.

Topics

Alcohol/alcoholism

By Plautus

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.

I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Hope

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it.

Empire

The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless mode

The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Love

I'm quite good at taking in information so I voraciously inh

I'm quite good at taking in information so I voraciously inhale Wikipedia - which may have some things wrong in it, but I think is generally more information than we had before. Last tour we didn't have Wikipedia. And then Discovery Channel and History Channel. I can take it in and retain what I think are the most important facts.

My mom was scared of the old Times Square so I was never all

My mom was scared of the old Times Square so I was never allowed to go. Now I'm scared of the new Times Square, so I still never go.

Mom

President Obama has basically avoided or not done any attemp

President Obama has basically avoided or not done any attempt to intervene in any positive way in the housing market. I think in the financial crisis that's been a shame.

Positive

We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship.

We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship.

Evolution

The monopoly of a single bank is certainly an evil. The mult

The monopoly of a single bank is certainly an evil. The multiplication of them was intended to cure it; but it multiplied an influence of the same character with the first, and completed the supplanting the precious metals by a paper circulation. Between such parties the less we meddle the better.

Thomas Jefferson

Character

God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffe

God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.

Saint Augustine

God

It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more

It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas.

Art

To study in Paris is to be born in Paris!

To study in Paris is to be born in Paris!

Paris

It is well, when one is judging a friend, to remember that h

It is well, when one is judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality.

Judgment Judging