1 Esdras 3:18-20

Common English Bible

¹⁸ “Gentlemen, how is it that wine is so superior? It misleads the minds of all who drink it. ¹⁹ It makes the mind of the king the same as that of the orphan, likewise of the slave and the free, of the poor and the rich. ²⁰ It changes every thought to feasting and cheerfulness, and forgets all grief and every obligation.