Flynn, Australian-born actor (1909–1959)
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There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
Man and Superman (1903)
George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright (1856–1950)
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People say I wasted my money. I say 90 per cent went on women, fast cars and booze. The rest I wasted.
George Best, Northern Irish professional footballer (1946–2005)
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Three glasses of wine drive away the evil spirits, but with the fourth they return.
German proverb
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If all be true that I do think,
There are five reasons we should drink:
Good wine — a friend — or being dry —
Or lest we should be by and by —
Or any other reason why.
Five Reasons for Drinking (1689)
Henry Aldrich, English philosopher and composer (1647–1710)
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We drink one another’s healths, and spoil our own.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886)
Jerome K Jerome, English writer (1859–1927)
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No pleasure is worth giving up for the sake of two more years in a geriatric home in Weston-super-Mare.
The Times (1994)
[Attr.]
Kingsley Amis, English writer and critic (1922–1995)
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Wine may well be considered the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.
Études sur le vin (1866)
Louis Pasteur, French biologist and chemist (1822–1895)
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One reason why I don’t drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
Christian Herald (1960)
Nancy Astor, American-born politician and socialite (1879–1964)
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Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.
Diary (1660)
Samuel Pepys, English diarist, naval administrator and politician (1633–1703)
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Hath wine an oblivious power? Can it pluck out the sting from the brain? The draught might beguile for an hour, But still leaves behind it the pain.
Anonymous
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A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand.
Gullible’s Travels (1982)
Sir Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian (1942–)
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Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same.
Pensées (1670)
Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and physicist (1623–1662)
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There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.
Penrod (1914)
Booth Tarkington, American writer and dramatist (1869–1946)
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I only take a drink on two occasions – when I’m thirsty and when I’m not.
Brendan Behan, Irish writer (1923–1964)
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Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.
Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1962)
Carl Jung, Swiss psychologist (1875–1961)
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Then trust me, there’s nothing like drinking
So pleasant on this side the grave;
It keeps the unhappy from thinking,
And makes e’en the valiant more brave.
Nothing like Grog (1841)
Charles Dibdin, British composer (1745–1814)
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Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.
Nicholas Nickleby (1838)
Charles Dickens, English writer and social critic (1812–1870)
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We are fighting Germany, Austria and drink, and so far as I can see the greatest of these deadly foes is drink.
[Speech at Bangor, 1915]
David Lloyd George, prime minister of the UK (1863–1945)
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I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s the best they are going to feel all day.
Dean Martin, American singer and actor (1917–1995)
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One whisky is all right; two is too much; three is too few.
A Taste of Scotch (1989)
Derek Cooper, British journalist and broadcaster
