there is truth in wine

there is truth in wine
Cf. Gr. ἐν οἴνῳ ἀλήθεια, there is truth in wine (attributed to the 6th-cent. BC lyric poet Alcaeus); L. in vino veritas. The Latin version, used in Erasmus’ Adages, is widely known and perhaps more frequently used than the English proverb.

1545 R. TAVERNER tr. Erasmus’ Adages (ed. 2) H5v In wyne is trouthe.

1659 T. PECKE Parnassi Puerperium 5 Grant but the Adage true, that Truth’s in wine.

1869 TROLLOPE He knew He was Right II. li. There is no saying truer than that..there is truth in wine. Wine..has the merit of forcing a man to show his true colours.

1934 R. GRAVES Claudius the God ix. The man who made the proverb ‘There’s truth in wine’ must have been pretty well soaked when he made it.

2002 P. LOVESEY Diamond Dust xi. 87 He was trying to decide if the man was capable of coherent answers. In vino veritas is a maxim reliable only up to a certain intake of the vino.


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