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 If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you 
think is wholesome, you may say read more 
 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." 
 Nothing in Nature's sober found,
 But an eternal Health goes round.
  Fill up the Bowl then, fill read more 
 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? 
 How gracious those dews of solace that over my senses fall
 At the clink of the ice in the read more 
 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. 
 Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober.
 [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio read more 
 Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober.
 [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.] 
Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.
Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.
 When treading London's well-known ground
 If e'er I feel my spirits tire,
  I haul my sail, look read more 
 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, 
You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.
You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.
 Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
 What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
  Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
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 Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
 What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
  Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
   Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil! 
 Here
 With my beer
  I sit,
   While golden moments flit:
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 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.