The Alchemist and Santiago are drinking wine when the boy asks "isn't wine prohibited here?"
The Alchemist in turn says "it is not what enters men's mouths that's evil, it's what comes out of their mouths that is." The significance of this quote is that he is saying we shouldn't fear things in life, we should fear what we do with them. The wine is just a small example of man's fear. It contains alcoholic and men can become stupid off of alcohol. The Alchemist is saying that it is not the alcohol in the wine that is evil, but the men who get drunk off of it and then don't control themselves. The significance is that you can't let the little worries take control of your life.
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