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In order to try whether a vessel be leaky, we first prove it with water before we trust it with wine.

Charles Caleb Colton
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Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.39
In order to try whether a vessel be leaky, we first prove it with water before we trust it with wine.