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Stung by the goblet. Doctor tells drunkard, "The goblet has stung you." "If I had known that I would have drunk out of a glass."

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Repartee concerning drunkenness. · view the constellation · filed as J1324

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  • general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 234.
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The unrepentant drunkardThe great thirstShould have brought him drink. Drunkard's wife takes him when he is drunk to a tomb and, masking as a ghost brings him food. "If you had known me better you would have brought me drink."

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