Words of Wisdom from St. Thomas Aquinas before Lent

If you were guilty of imbibing a bit too much vino this weekend (it is, after all, the last weekend before Lent begins), just take to heart the words of St. Thomas Aquinas:

"Si quis scienter in tantum a vino abstineret ut naturam multum gravaret, a culpa immunis non esset." (ST II-II 150.1 ad 1)

"If one knowingly abstained from wine to the point of pressing nature seriously, he would not be free of guilt."

[Sent in by AmP reader Isaac.]