Logo
Alcohol is perfectly consistent in its effects upon man. Drunkenne

Alcohol is perfectly consistent in its effects upon man. Drunkenness is merely an exaggeration. A foolish man drunk becomes maudlin; a bloody man, vicious; a coarse man, vulgar. – Willa Sibert Cather

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Exaggeration
category

Never exaggerate your faults, your friends will attend to that. – Bob Edwards

Category:
Exaggeration

To exaggerate is to weaken. – Jean François de La Harpe, Melanie, 1770

Category:
Exaggeration

Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. – Jonathan Swift

Category:
Exaggeration

There is no one who does not exaggerate! – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
Exaggeration

Random Quotes

The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us to become our best while looking our worst. – Marge Kennedy

Category:
Family

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars. – Richard M. Nixon

Category:
Change

We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate. – Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard

Category:
Election Day

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Category:
Money