In vino veritas, also written as in uino ueritas, is a Latin phrase that means "In wine, there is truth", suggesting a person under the influence of alcohol is more likely to speak their hidden thoughts and desires.

WHO said in wine there is truth?

In the first century AD, Pliny the Elder referred to the "common proverb that in wine, there is truth in vino veritas."

Where does the phrase in vino veritas come from?

First of all, let us start from the definition of the vocabulary: In vino veritas is a Latin proverb, translation of a famous saying of the Greek philosopher Zenobio, which literally means: «in wine is the truth».