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Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk,
Sipped brandy and water gayly.
Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk,
Sipped brandy and water gayly.
When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin?
When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin?
Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober.
[Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio read more
Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober.
[Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]
Get up and dance, get up and smile, get up and drink to the days that are gone in the read more
Get up and dance, get up and smile, get up and drink to the days that are gone in the shortest while.
If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you
think is wholesome, you may say read more
If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you
think is wholesome, you may say "you wish you could, but so
little makes you both drunk and sick; that you should only be bad
company by doing so."
When treading London's well-known ground
If e'er I feel my spirits tire,
I haul my sail, look read more
When treading London's well-known ground
If e'er I feel my spirits tire,
I haul my sail, look up around,
In search of Whitbread's best entire.
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I fear the man who drinks water and so remembers this morning what the rest of us said last night.
I fear the man who drinks water and so remembers this morning what the rest of us said last night.
Do not cease to drink beer, to eat, to intoxicate thyself, to make love, and to celebrate the good days.
Do not cease to drink beer, to eat, to intoxicate thyself, to make love, and to celebrate the good days.
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.