The first glass for thirst, the second for nourishment, the third for pleasure and the fourth for madness. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Hunger is the best sauce.
- Poverty is not a shame; but the being ashamed of it is.
- Hunger drives the wolf out of the woods.
- Hungry bellies have no ears.
- Fat paunches have lean pates.
- When the pig has had a belly full, it upsets the trough.
- Wine has drowned more men than the sea.
- Fair words fill not the belly.
- Hunger makes hard beans sweet.
- A hungry man smells meat afar off.
- To a full belly all meat is bad.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Cibi, potus, somni, Venus, omnia moderata sint.
Food, drink, sleep, Venus, let everything be in moderation.
French
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Il n'y a que la première pinte qui coûte.
Only the first pint costs.
German
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Das erste Glas beißt wie der Tod, das zweite schmeckt zu Brot; wenn's dritte fehlt, ist große Not.
The first glass bites like death, the second tastes like bread; if the third is missing, there is great need.
Czech
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Sklenku píti, zdrávu býti. Druhou píti, veselu býti. Třetí píti, rozum se osvítí. Mnohé však pití všecko zřítí.
Drink a glass, be well. Drink the other, be merry. Drink the third, the mind shall be enlightened. But many a drink will ruin all.
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Kdo všem na zdraví připíjí, sám svoje zapíjí.
He that drinketh to all men's health drinketh his own.
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Moudrost vínem zastíněna bývá.
Wisdom is overshadowed by wine.