ShoRespectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 34 |
| AUTHOR: | Hokeky Sho |
| QUOTATION: | At the third cup, wine drinks the man. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Hokeky Sho, a Buddhist Sanskrit text. From Kojikotowaza Jiten (Dictionary of Tradition and Proverbs). Several commentators in the 1500s wrote about this; however, the earliest commentary was around the 12th century. The translation is literally: “Man drinks wine. Wine drinks wine. Wine drinks man.” |
| SUBJECTS: | Alcohol |