οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον –> silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters

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οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον –> silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
Plutarch,  De garrulitate, section 4