“4781. The sweetest Wine makes the sharpest Vinegar.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“733. As the best Wine makes the sharpest Vinegar, so the deepest Love turns to the deadliest Hatred.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
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