<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Drinking - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66495]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65837]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course one should not drink much, but often. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course one should not drink much, but often.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober. [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober. [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk, Sipped brandy and water gayly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk, Sipped brandy and water gayly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing in Nature's sober found, But an eternal Health goes round.  Fill up the Bowl then, fill it high-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing in Nature's sober found, But an eternal Health goes round.  Fill up the Bowl then, fill it high--   Fill all the Glasses there; for why    Should every Creature Drink but I?     Why, Man of Morals, tell me why?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thirsty Earth soaks up the Rain, And drinks, and gapes for Drink again;  The Plants suck in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13001]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thirsty Earth soaks up the Rain, And drinks, and gapes for Drink again;  The Plants suck in the Earth and are   With constant Drinking fresh and fair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle? He was all for love and a little for the bottle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle? He was all for love and a little for the bottle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I got up to the Peacock--where I found everybody drinking hot punch in self-preservation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13003]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I got up to the Peacock--where I found everybody drinking hot punch in self-preservation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Wery good power o' suction, Sammy," said Mr. Weller the elder. . . . "You'd ha' made an uncommon fine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13004]]></link><description><![CDATA["Wery good power o' suction, Sammy," said Mr. Weller the elder. . . . "You'd ha' made an uncommon fine oyster, Sammy, if you'd been born in that station o' life."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inebriate of air am I, And debauchee of dew,  Reeling, through endless summer days,   From inns of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inebriate of air am I, And debauchee of dew,  Reeling, through endless summer days,   From inns of molten blue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How gracious those dews of solace that over my senses fall At the clink of the ice in the pitcher ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13006]]></link><description><![CDATA[How gracious those dews of solace that over my senses fall At the clink of the ice in the pitcher the boy brings up the hall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or merry swains, who quaff the nut-brown ale, And sing enamour'd of the nut-brown maid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or merry swains, who quaff the nut-brown ale, And sing enamour'd of the nut-brown maid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nose, nose, holly red nose, And who gave thee that jolly red nose?  Nutmegs and ginger, cinammon and cloves; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nose, nose, holly red nose, And who gave thee that jolly red nose?  Nutmegs and ginger, cinammon and cloves;   And they gave me this jolly red nose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12989]]></link><description><![CDATA[If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What harm in drinking can there be, Since punch and life so well agree? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12990]]></link><description><![CDATA[What harm in drinking can there be, Since punch and life so well agree?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12991]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a long time between drinks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12992]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a long time between drinks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's some are fou o' love divine, There's some are fou' o' brandy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12993]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's some are fou o' love divine, There's some are fou' o' brandy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspiring bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn!  Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inspiring bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn!  Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;   Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12995]]></link><description><![CDATA[I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And broughte of mighty ale a large quart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12996]]></link><description><![CDATA[And broughte of mighty ale a large quart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you think is wholesome, you may say "you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12997]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you think is wholesome, you may say "you wish you could, but so little makes you both drunk and sick; that you should only be bad company by doing so."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12979]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get up and dance, get up and smile, get up and drink to the days that are gone in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get up and dance, get up and smile, get up and drink to the days that are gone in the shortest while.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12981]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When treading London's well-known ground If e'er I feel my spirits tire,  I haul my sail, look up around, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12982]]></link><description><![CDATA[When treading London's well-known ground If e'er I feel my spirits tire,  I haul my sail, look up around,   In search of Whitbread's best entire.   - Unattributed Author,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I wish his soul in heaven may dwell, Who first invented this leathern bottel! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12983]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I wish his soul in heaven may dwell, Who first invented this leathern bottel!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drinking will make a man quaff, Quaffing will make a man sing,  Singing will make a man laugh,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drinking will make a man quaff, Quaffing will make a man sing,  Singing will make a man laugh,   And laughing long life doth bring,    Says old Simon the King.   - Unattributed Author, Old Sir Simon the King,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fill up the goblet and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fill up the goblet and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here With my beer  I sit,   While golden moments flit:    Alas!    ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here With my beer  I sit,   While golden moments flit:    Alas!     They pass      Unheeded by:       And as they fly,        I,         Being dry,          Sit, idly sipping here           My beer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drinking beer doesn't make you fat, It makes you lean....Against bars, tables, chairs, and poles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drinking beer doesn't make you fat, It makes you lean....Against bars, tables, chairs, and poles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1986</guid></item></channel></rss>