שְׁמַ֣ע בְּ֭נִי מוּסַ֣ר אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
On Drunkenness
§ 84. For if you have learnt … mother. Adler points out that these words also as well as the quotation which follows are reminiscent of Proverbs. Cf. 1:8, “My son, hear the instructions of thy father and forsake not the laws (LXX μὴ ἀπώσῃ θεσμούς) of thy mother.”