Quote by Thomas Hardy

“Strychnine is a grand tonic, Kemp, to take the flabbiness out of a man.”

— H.G. Wells

“This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.”

— Samuel Johnson

Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.

— George Bernard Shaw

“Don't people drown their sorrows in things like scotch? Not strawberry whatever-it's-called.”

— Tom Rachman

“Drunkenness - that fierce rage for the slow, sure poison, that oversteps every other consideration; that casts aside wife, children, friends, happiness, and station;…

— Charles Dickens

“Not an elegant wine or a mellow brandy but harsh spirits.”

— Robin Hobb

“Someone once said that unforgiveness was like a poison you drink while hoping for someone else to die.”

— Jennifer Heng

“The whiskey tasted like expensive honey. A bit too sweet, with smoky and earthy undertones. He hated it, but it was the beverage that…

— J.C. Reed

“Unforgiveness is a poison you drink hoping someone else will die.”

— Linda White

“Now that part of his head which nature designed for the reservoir of drink being very shallow, a small quantity of liquor overflowed it…

— Henry Fielding

“Not much more than a broke disgrace who's hooked on tonics, so excuse him if his poker face has puke on it.”

— Hannibal Lecture

“I was sitting at the bar of the Hegira that night when Ginny came in. The barkeep, an ancient sad-eyed patriarch named Jose, had…

— Stephen R. Donaldson