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 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.] 
 Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle?
 He was all for love and a little for the bottle.  
 Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle?
 He was all for love and a little for the bottle. 
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're read more
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.
 I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no 
occasion.  
 I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no 
occasion. 
It's a long time between drinks.
It's a long time between drinks.
 Drinking will make a man quaff,
 Quaffing will make a man sing,
  Singing will make a man read more 
 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, 
 The thirsty Earth soaks up the Rain,
 And drinks, and gapes for Drink again;
  The Plants suck read more 
 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. 
Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate read more
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.
 Inebriate of air am I,
 And debauchee of dew,
  Reeling, through endless summer days,
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 Inebriate of air am I,
 And debauchee of dew,
  Reeling, through endless summer days,
   From inns of molten blue.