“By the mention of redness of eyes—a sign of death—it is made clear that the wine-bibber is already dead to the Word and to reason. It declares his death to the Lord. If one forgets the motives that prompt him to seek the true life, he is dragged down to corruption. With good reason, then, the Educator, in his concern…”
Clement of Alexandria, 3th c. — The Instructor Book 2
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31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
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In context
29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
— Proverbs 23:31 —
32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.