On alcohol, Thoreau wrote: “I would fain keep sober always … I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man; wine is not so noble a liquor … Of all ebriosity, who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes?”. From Wordnik.com. [henry david thoreau | happy birthday, henry! « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference
Of all ebriosity, who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes?. From Wordnik.com. [Walden] Reference
From the many stories told of Thurlow and ebriosity, one may be here taken and brought under the reader's notice -- not because it has wit or humor to recommend it, but because it presents the Chancellor in company with another port-loving lawyer, William Pitt, from whose fame, by-the-by, Lord. From Wordnik.com. [A Book About Lawyers] Reference
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