Drunkenness Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them…

— Bible

A teetotaler would regard it as his duty to associate with his drunkard brother for the purpose of weaning him from the evil habit.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Food is not evil, but gluttony is. Childbearing is not evil, but fornication is. Money is not evil, but avarice is. Glory is not…

— Maximus the Confessor

Who hastens a glutton choakes him.

— George Herbert

He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise.

— Henry David Thoreau

The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

— Josh Billings

Some of the domestic evils of drunkenness are houses without windows, gardens without fences, fields without tillage, barns without roofs, children without clothing, principles,…

— Benjamin Franklin

A big man is always accused of gluttony, whereas a wizened or osseous man can eat like a refugee at every meal, and no…

— Robertson Davies

“His high spiced wares were made to sell, and they sold; and his thousands of readers could as rationally charge their delight in filth…

— Charles Dickens

Those partial to drink were hiding faults and dishonesty. They were sloppy souls, even the ones with pleasant manners and fine noses.

— Sarah Hall

“Another savage trait of our time is the disposition to talk about material substances instead of about ideas. The old civilisation talked about the…

— G.K. Chesterton

“ON GETTING DRUNK: "Those who are Christians are to see to it that they are grateful for grace and redemption and conduct themselves modestly,…

— Martin Luther