What is wanted, not what is asked. A servant is so trained that when the host asks for wine from a good cask he brings it from a cheap one. When the guest objects, the host says that the servant brought not what was asked for but what was wanted — Mythoi

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What is wanted, not what is asked. A servant is so trained that when the host asks for wine from a good cask he brings it from a cheap one. When the guest objects, the host says that the servant brought not what was asked for but what was wanted.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Repartee concerning wine. · view the constellation · filed as J1311

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general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 370.

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The watered wine Old wine. Man given his choice of old or new wine says, "We must honor old age." The road to Heaven. To doctor: "If this is the way to get to Heaven (drinking) I don't want to know any other!" Points of view. Man to friend who drinks very little: "If everyone drank as you do, wine would be cheap." Answer: "On the contrary, it would be expensive because I drink all I want." Very small to be so old. Guest criticizes host's small serving of wine which he said was six years old Small jug preferred. Man asks that large jug be filled with wine. Is told to go to the river. Is accommodated when he presents small jug. (Cf. L251.) Wine gives ambassador courage to address Pope. "Another drink and I could have slapped his face!" Repartee concerning wine – miscellaneous

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