“Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.” IfsBodyPleasureFoodCookingWineCulinaryLackingModerationStrengtheningDetrimental Author:Pliny the Elder
“Wine was given us by God, not that we might be drunken, but that we might be sober. It is the best medicine when it has the best moderation to direct it. Wine was given to restore the body's weakness, not to overturn the soul's strength.” SoulBodyMightGivenFoodWeaknessDirectCookingWineMedicineCulinarySoberModeration Book:A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church Source: A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church