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The love of wine is a good man's failing.

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Aristophanes
Age: 0
Comedy Writer
Playwright
Poet
Father of Comedy
Wine
Failing
Good
Men
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An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
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