Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune.
—Giuseppe Garibaldi
Showing posts with label intemperance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label intemperance. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 08, 2015
Post #1962
All excess is ill; but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and mad. He that is drunk is not a man, because he is, for so long, void of reason that distinguishes a man from a beast.
—William Penn
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Post #1346
In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.
—Samuel Johnson
—Samuel Johnson
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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