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Sirach 31:27
If taken in moderation, wine makes people’s lives better. What’s life to those who don’t have wine? It was created from the beginning to bring merriment.
In all thy works be quick, and no infirmity shall come to thee.
Wine can put new life into you if you drink it in moderation. What would life be like without it? Wine was created to make us happy.
Wine is very life to anyone, if taken in moderation. Does anyone really live who lacks the wine which from the beginning was created for joy?
Wine is a source of life if taken in moderation. What is life to someone who has been deprived of wine? It was created to make men happy.
Wine is very life to human beings if taken in moderation. What is life to one who is without wine? It has been created to make people happy.
Wine is very life to human beings if taken in moderation. What is life to one who is without wine? It has been created to make people happy.
Wine is very life to human beings if taken in moderation. What is life to one who is without wine? It has been created to make people happy.
Wine is very life to humans if taken in moderation. What is life to one who is without wine? It has been created to make people happy.
Wine is like life to men, if you drink it in moderation. What is life to a man who is without wine? It has been created to make men glad.
Wine is like life to men, if you drink it in moderation. What is life to a man who is without wine? It has been created to make men glad.
Even life to men is wine drunken in soberness; if thou drinkest it measurably, thou shalt be sober. What is the life which is made less by wine? What defraudeth life? death. Wine was made in gladness, not in drunkenness, at the beginning. [Even life to men wine in soberness; if thou drinkest it measurably, thou shalt be sober. What is the life that is less(en)ed with wine? What beguileth the life? death. Wine in mirth is formed, not in drunkenhood, from the beginning.]
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