If we heard it said of Orientals that they habitually drank a liquor which went to their heads, deprived them of reason and made them vomit, we should say: ‘How very barbarous!’
— La Bruyère, “Of Opinions,” Characters, 1688
If we heard it said of Orientals that they habitually drank a liquor which went to their heads, deprived them of reason and made them vomit, we should say: ‘How very barbarous!’
— La Bruyère, “Of Opinions,” Characters, 1688