Sirach 31:30-31

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³⁰Drunkenness increases the anger of a fool to his injury,
reducing his strength and adding wounds.

³¹Do not reprove your neighbor at a banquet of wine,
and do not despise him in his merrymaking;
speak no word of reproach to him,
and do not afflict him by making demands of him.

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