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Getting drunk causes fools to lose their temper and do themselves harm, reducing their strength, and adding injuries as well.
Challenge not them that love wine: for wine hath destroyed very many.
A drunken fool can lose his temper and hurt himself. His drinking makes him weak and an easy target for angry blows.
Wine in excess is a snare for the fool; it lessens strength and multiplies wounds.
Drunkenness increases the anger of a fool to his own harm, sapping his strength and exposing him to injury.
Drunkenness increases the anger of a fool to his own hurt, reducing his strength and adding wounds.
Drunkenness increases the anger of a fool to his own hurt, reducing his strength and adding wounds.
Drunkenness increases the anger of a fool to his own hurt, reducing his strength and adding wounds.
Drunkenness increases the anger of fools to their own hurt, reducing their strength and adding wounds.
Drunkenness increases the anger of a fool to his injury, reducing his strength and adding wounds.
Drunkenness increases the anger of a fool to his injury, reducing his strength and adding wounds.
Wine drunken much is bitterness of (the) soul. Strength of drunkenness and hurting of an unprudent man maketh virtue less, and making wounds. [Bitterness of soul wine much drunken. The willfulness of drunkenhood the offensions of the unprudent, less(en)ing virtue, and making wounds.]
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