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Drinking Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- That all who are happy are equally happy is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. A…
- Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what a…
- Sir, I have no objection to a man's drinking wine, if he can do it in moderation. I found myself apt to go to excess…
- Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.
- Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.
- There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.
- Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.
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