And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk: therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until the morning light.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Morning. Admirable pattern of discretion, and how reprimands may be made with advantage. (Calmet)
A medicine given at an improper time often does harm. (Pliny, xvii. 27.) When a person said to Cleo stratus, "Are you not ashamed to get drunk? "he replied, "Are you not ashamed to rebuke a drunken man?"