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Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: he riseth early, and his wits are with him; but the pain of wakefulness and ill temper and pangs of the belly, are with an insatiable man.
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And if thou hast been forced to eat, arise, go forth, vomit, and thou shalt have rest.
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My son, hear me and despise me not, and at the last thou shalt find as I told thee. In all thy works be quick; so shall there no sickness come unto thee.
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Whoso is liberal with his meat, men shall speak well of him; and the report of his good housekeeping will be believed.
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But against him that is a niggard with his meat the whole city shall murmur, and the testimonies of his niggardliness shall not be doubted.
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Show not thy valiantness in wine, for wine hath destroyed many.
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The furnace testeth the edge by dipping; so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkenness.
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Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately. What life is then to a man that is without wine? For it was made to make men glad.
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Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart and cheerfulness of the mind,
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but wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind with brawling and quarreling.
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Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend; it diminisheth strength and maketh wounds.