Ernest Hemingway book The Sun Also Rises
Count Mippipopolous, in Book 1, Ch. 7
Source: The Sun Also Rises (1926)
“The English seem to think drinking wine is like committing adultery, something you do rarely and abroad.”
Source: Motherland (2012 novel), p. 18
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