Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune
Вакх утопил больше людей, чем Нептун. Смысл: вино погубило больше людей, чем море.
В стакане тонет больше людей, чем в море. Больше людей погибает в вине, нежели в воде. Кто вино любит, тот сам себя губит.
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- Judge not of men and things at first sight
- As plain as the nose on a man's face
- Man proposes but God disposes
- No living man all things can
- No man is wise at all times
- A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years
- Every man has his faults
- All men can't be masters
- One man, no man
- A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds
- Men may meet but mountains never
- No man loves his fetters, be they made of gold
- A blind man would be glad to see
- Children are poor men's riches
- The tailor makes the man