In vino veritas

In vino veritas is a Latin phrase that means 'in wine, there is truth', suggesting a person under the influence of alcohol is more likely to speak their hidden thoughts and desires.

The expression, together with its counterpart in, Ancient Greek: Ἐν οἴνῳ ἀλήθεια, romanized: En oinō alētheia, is found in Erasmus' Adagia, I.vii.17.

[5] The Roman historian Tacitus described how the Germanic peoples kept counsel at feasts, where they believed that drunkenness prevented the participants from dissembling.

[7] It continues, "בשלשה דברים אדם ניכר בכוסו ובכיסו ובכעסו", 'in three things is a man revealed: in his wine goblet, in his purse, and in his wrath'.

'his pocket'), and 'his wrath' (ka'aso) rhyme, and there is a further play on words, as they all use the similar set of consonants 'כ(ע)ס'.)