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If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.
If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.
Alcohol removes inhibitions - like that scared little mouse who got drunk and shook his whiskers and shouted: "Now bring read more
Alcohol removes inhibitions - like that scared little mouse who got drunk and shook his whiskers and shouted: "Now bring on that damn cat!"
What harm in drinking can there be,
Since punch and life so well agree?
What harm in drinking can there be,
Since punch and life so well agree?
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
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 is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.
Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.
"Wery good power o' suction, Sammy," said Mr. Weller the
elder. . . . "You'd ha' made an uncommon read more
"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."
I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this read more
I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.
Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend!
Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend!