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Whether or not the world would be vastly benefited by a total banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks seems not now an open question. Three-fourths of mankind confess the affirmative with their tongues, and I believe all the rest acknowledge it in their hearts. – Abraham Lincoln

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Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day;
Let other hours be set apart for business.
To-day it is our pleasure to be drunk;
And this our queen shall be as drunk as we. – Henry Fielding

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A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender. – Jim Bishop

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Then trust me, theres nothing like drinking
So pleasant on this side the grave;
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