Drunkenness Quotes

143 quotes by 117 authors

Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good… — J. G. Ballard
If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue. — Samuel Butler
Prohibition only drives drunkenness behind doors and into dark places, and does not cure it or even diminish it. — Mark Twain
Alcohol is perfectly consistent in its effects upon man. Drunkenness is merely an exaggeration. A foolish man drunk becomes maudlin; a bloody man, vicious; a… — Willa Cather
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,… — William Penn
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. — Seneca the Younger
Other countries drink to get drunk, and this is accepted by everyone; in France, drunkenness is a consequence, never an intention. A drink is felt… — Roland Barthes
The secret of drunkenness is, that it insulates us in thought, whilst it unites us in feeling. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Drunkenness is a flattering devil, a sweet poison, a pleasant sin, which whosoever hath, hath not himself, which whosoever doth commit, doth not commit sin,… — Saint Augustine
I look up the telephone number of Alcoholics Anonymous. Then, my hands shaking, I open the bar and drink the leftover whiskey, gin and vermouth-whatever… — John Cheever
Intemperance is the plaque of sensuality, and temperance is not its bane but its seasoning. — Michel de Montaigne
Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used. — William Shakespeare
Who after wine, talks of wars hardships or of poverty. — Horace
The drinking man is never less himself than during his sober intervals. — Charles Lamb
A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the brewer's agent, the… — Thomas Adams
Now is the time for drinking; now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot. — Horace
Variant: I was driven to drink by a woman. I am forever grateful, yet I never had the good manners to thank her. — W.C. Fields
The only proper intoxication is conversation. — Oscar Wilde
Drunkenness, spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans the man. — William Penn
That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold; What hath quenched them hath given me fire. — William Shakespeare

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