For the same reason, undoubtedly, Isidore defined drunkenness a certain forgetfulness caused in the mind, through indulgence of immoderate drinking. His words are these:— Ebrietas est per quam menti quædam oblivio generatur ex superfluorum potuum indulgentia[2].”
A certain French poet[3] sings thus much in the same tune:—
“Oui, Thirsis, c’est le vin qui nous fait rejeunir,
Et qui bannit de nos pensees;
Le regret de choses passees,
Et le crainte de l’avenir.”
Yes, Thirsis, ’tis the vine’s prolific juice
Can youth and beauty re-produce,
Banish the sad regret of former years,
And of futurity the fears.