ProverbWisdom
English originc. 1390
English originc. 1390When wine is in, wit is out.
Meaning: Alcohol impairs judgment and rational thinking, leaving only foolishness in its place.
Origin: "Wit" here means good sense. John Gower's Confessio Amantis (c. 1390) already says that where wine does away with wit, wisdom has lost the right way, and the clergyman Thomas Becon used the rhyming form in the 16th century.
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