Geoffrey of Monmouth (12th century Welsh/English writer)
"Men will become drunk with the wine which is offered to them: they will turn their backs on Heaven and fix their eyes on the earth."
- From Geoffrey of Monmouth's The History of the Kings of Britain (Part Five), completed in 1136 CE, translated from Latin into English by Lewis Thorpe (Penguin Classics, 1966).
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