“And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.”
Bible
“And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.”
“Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.”
“The Germans are exceedingly fond of Rhine wines. One tells them from the vinegar by the label.”
Mark Twain
“You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar”
American Proverb
“More flies are caught with honey than with vinegar.”
French Proverb
“A drop of honey catches more flies than a hogshead of vinegar”
Proverb
