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You put it in new words, but it is an old thought. This is one of

You put it in new words, but it is an old thought. This is one of the disadvantages of wine. It makes a man mistake words for thoughts. – Samuel Johnson, 1778, quoted by James Boswell in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.

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Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others… This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. – Samuel Johnson

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