I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventive of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend to have it.
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I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventive of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend to have it.
Let us drink for the replenishment of our strength, not for our sorrow
There cannot be good living where there is not good drinking.
Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it's time to drink.
Drown in a cold vat of whiskey? Death, where is thy sting?
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.
Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right.
Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
The light music of whiskey falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude.
If when you say 'whiskey' you mean the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster that defiles innocence, dethrones reason... then I am certainly against it. But, if when you say 'whiskey' you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine... the drink that enables a man to magnify his joy... then I am certainly for it. This is my stand. I will not retreat from it. I will not compromise.
I would give all of my fame for a pot of ale and safety.
I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
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