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There is TRUTH in wine
Cf. Gr.
o
, there is truth in wine (attributed to the 6th-cent. BC lyric poet Alcaeus); L. in
vino veritas
. The Latin version, used in Erasmus'
Adages
, is widely known and perhaps more frequently used than the English proverb.
1545
tr.
Erasmus' Adages
(ed. 2) H5
V
In wyne is trouthe.
1659
Parnassi Puerperium
5
Grant but the Adage true, that Truth's in wine.
1869
He knew He was Right
II. li.
There is no saying truer than that .. there is truth in wine. Wine .. has the merit of forcing a man to show his true colours.
1934
Claudius the God
ix.
The man who made the proverb ‘There's truth in wine’ must have been pretty well soaked when he made it.
1984
Through Glass, Darkly
15
In vino veritas .., the Latin poets say, and if there is truth in wine, then why not also fiction?
drunkenness
;
truth
o, there is truth in wine (attributed to the 6th-cent. BC lyric poet Alcaeus); L. invino veritas
. The Latin version, used in Erasmus'
Adages
, is widely known and perhaps more frequently used than the English proverb.
1545tr.
Erasmus' Adages
(ed. 2) H5
V
In wyne is trouthe.
1659
Parnassi Puerperium
5
Grant but the Adage true, that Truth's in wine.
1869
He knew He was Right
II. li.
There is no saying truer than that .. there is truth in wine. Wine .. has the merit of forcing a man to show his true colours.
1934
Claudius the God
ix.
The man who made the proverb ‘There's truth in wine’ must have been pretty well soaked when he made it.
1984
Through Glass, Darkly
15
In vino veritas .., the Latin poets say, and if there is truth in wine, then why not also fiction?
drunkenness;
truth
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