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    Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.

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When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin?

When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin?

by Robert Browning Found in: Drinking Quotes,
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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.
- Unattributed Author,

by Unattributed Author Found in: Drinking Quotes,
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The thirsty Earth soaks up the Rain,
And drinks, and gapes for Drink again;
The Plants suck read more

The thirsty Earth soaks up the Rain,
And drinks, and gapes for Drink again;
The Plants suck in the Earth and are
With constant Drinking fresh and fair.

by Abraham Cowley Found in: Drinking Quotes,
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"Wery good power o' suction, Sammy," said Mr. Weller the
elder. . . . "You'd ha' made an uncommon read more

"Wery good power o' suction, Sammy," said Mr. Weller the
elder. . . . "You'd ha' made an uncommon fine oyster, Sammy, if
you'd been born in that station o' life."

by Charles Dickens Found in: Drinking Quotes,
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You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.

You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.

by John Barrymore Found in: Drinking Quotes,
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When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.

by Henny Youngman Found in: Drinking Quotes,
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Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

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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.]

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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."

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