Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume IV/Commodianus/The Instructions of Commodianus/Chapter 77

LXXVII.&#8212;To the Drunkards.

I place no limit to a drunkard; but I prefer a beast.&#160; From those who are proud in drinking thou withdrawest in thine inner mind, holding the power of the ruler, O fool, among Cyclopes.&#160; Thence in the histories thou criest, While I am dead I drink not.&#160; Be it mine to drink the best things, and to be wise in heart.&#160; Rather give assistance (what more seekest thou to abuse?) to the lowest pauper, and ye shall both be refreshed.&#160; If thou doest such things, thou extinguishest Gehenna for thyself.