Alcohol Quote by Thiruvalluvar Download Open image “Reasoning with a drunkard is like Going under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man.” — Thiruvalluvar ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Alcohol Analogy Drowning Drunkard Drunkards Dunk Men Reason Reasoning Simile Torch Torches Water
One never dives into the water to save a drowning man more eagerly than when there are others present who dare not take the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
When someone is drowning and you try to save them, they're more likely to drown you before you pull them out. — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
A sympathetic person is placed in the dilemma of a swimmer among drowning men, who all catch at him, and if he gives so… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Finding someone who's willing to drown with you creates a situation where you no longer want to drown, — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
There are many ways to drown, only the most obvious wave their arms as they're going under. — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
... sometimes you have to deal / Devilishly with drowning men in order to swim them to shore. — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
A drunkard is like a whiskey-bottle, all neck and belly and no head. — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
When a man is drowning, it may be better for him to try to swim than to thrash around waiting for divine intervention. — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
It were better for a man to be subject to any vice than to drunkenness; for all other vanities and sins are recovered, but… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
That which the sober man keeps in his breast, the drunken man lets out at the lips. Astute people, when they want to ascertain… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The gruel that children's little hands have stirredIs sweeter than nectar. — Thiruvalluvar Copy Share Image
Not every light is a true light; To the wise the light of truth is light itself. — Thiruvalluvar Copy Share Image
Those who give way to great anger are like the dead:Those who are free from anger are free from death. — Thiruvalluvar Copy Share Image
Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age. — Thiruvalluvar Copy Share Image
When no food is given to the ear, Then let a little be given to the stomach. — Thiruvalluvar Copy Share Image
To use bitter words, when kind words are at hand, Is like picking unripe fruit when the ripe fruit is there. — Thiruvalluvar Copy Share Image
Just as the hand that strikes the ground cannot fail, So is the ruin certain of him who cherishes anger. — Thiruvalluvar Copy Share Image
The crow does not hide its prey, but calls for others to share it; So wealth will be with those of a like disposition. — Thiruvalluvar Copy Share Image
Better the arrow that missed the lion than the one that killed a rabbit. — Thiruvalluvar Copy Share Image
As the quality of water changes with the nature of the soil;So will a man's reason vary with the quality of his friends. — Thiruvalluvar Copy Share Image
I'm Catholic and I can't commit suicide, but I plan to drink myself to death. — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Stronger than alcohol, vaster than poetry, Ferment the freckled red bitterness of love! — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. — John Milton Copy Share Image
[As in the case of] alcohol prohibition, illegality has driven organized crime, sent countless people to jail, and killed many thousands. Repression does not… — Sam Branson Copy Share Image
You can get a new phone or new trainers (sneakers) but you've only got one body so you have to look after it. I… — Tyson Beckford Copy Share Image
Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
In 1969, I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life. — George Best Copy Share Image
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house unless they have a well-stocked bar. — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
Blunt force didn't knock out the drug epidemic. 21 million Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol. And half of all federal inmates are… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
I go to parties sometimes until four, it's hard to leave when you can't find the door. — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image