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It is not the drinker, but the man who has just stopped drinking, who thinks the world is going to the dogs. - Henry Louis Mencken One sip of this Will bathe the drooping spirits in delight, Beyond the bliss of dreams. - John Milton, Comus (l. 811) Then to the spicy nut-brown ale. - John Milton, L'Allegro (l. 100) I drink to make other people interesting. - George Jean Nathan I only drink to make other people seem interesting. - George Jean Nathan Let the farmer praise his grounds, Let the huntsman praise his hounds, The shepherd his dew scented lawn, But I more blessed than they, Spend each happy night and day With my charming little cruiskeen lan, lan, lan. - Old Song, Cruiskeen Lawn, an Irish song Let the back and sides go bare, my boys, Let the hands and the feet gang cold; But give to belly, boys, beer enough, Whether it be new or old. - Old Song, The Beggar, old English folk song Landlord fill the flowing bowl Until it doth run over; For to-night we'll merry be To-morrow we'll be sober. - Old Song, Three Jolly Postboys, 18th century song Over their cups. [Lat., Inter pocula.] - Persius (Aulus Persius Flaccus), Satires (I, 30) There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul. - Alexander Pope, Second Book of Horace (satire I, l. 128) They never taste who always drink; They always talk who never think. - Matthew Prior, Upon a Passage in the Scaligerana There are more old drunkards than old physicians. [Fr., Il y a plus de vieux ivrongnes qu'il y a de vieux medecins.] - Francois Rabelais, Gargantua (bk. I, ch. XLII) "Nose, nose, nose, nose! And who gave you that jolly red nose! Sinamont and ginger, nutmegs and cloves, And that gave me my jolly red nose!" - Thomas Ravenscroft, Deuteromela To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but unhurried. - George Santayana This lemonade is weak like your soul--try it. [Ger., Die Limonade ist matt wie deine Seele--versuche!] - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, Cabale und Liebe (V, 7) Of all the vices drinking is the most incompatible with greatness. - Sir Walter Scott I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking; I could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainment. - William Shakespeare, Othello the Moor of Venice (Cassio at II, iii) Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. - William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Anne Page at I, i) Why, thou deboshed fish thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I to-day? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster? - William Shakespeare, The Tempest (Trinculo at III, ii) I'm only a beer teetotaller, not a champagne teetotaller. - George Bernard Shaw, Candida This bottle's the sun of our table, His beams are rosy wine; We planets that are not able Without his held to shine. - Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Duenna (act III, sc. 5) I drink to the confusion of our enemies. - Frank Sinatra 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. [Lat., Si bene commemini, causae sunt quinque bibendi; Hospitis adventus, praesens sitis, atque futura, Aut vini bonitas, aut quaelibet altera causa.] - attributed to Jean Sirmond, by Menage and De la Monnoye, see "Menagiana," vol. I, p. 172 Back and side go bare, go bare, Both foot and hand go cold; But belly, God send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old. - Bishop John Still, Gammer Gurton's Needle (act II) I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good; But sure I think that I can drink With him that wears a hood. - Bishop John Still, Gammer Gurton's Needle (act II) Displaying page 3 of 4 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 [3] 4
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