A man without wine
Would be dull as a fly
And shortly would die


The Barber of Seville, Act I, Scene 2

In French: L'homme, sans plaisir, / Vivrait comme un sot / Et mourrait bientot.

Literal translation: Man, without pleasure, would live like a fool and would die early.


A man without wine Would be dull as a fly And shortly would die

A man without wine Would be dull as a fly And shortly would die

A man without wine Would be dull as a fly And shortly would die

A man without wine Would be dull as a fly And shortly would die