He was vaguely aware that he drank to forget. The problem was that he could no longer remember what he was forgetting, so in the end he just drank to forget drinking.
Drink - Drinking - Drunk Quotes
Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
If I give up drinking, smoking, and fatty foods, I can add ten years to my life. Trouble is, I’ll add it to the wrong end.
I drink no more than a sponge.
I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety. (Henry V)
He (Winston Smith) took up his glass and sniffed at it. The stuff grew not less but more horrible with every mouthful he drank. But it had become the element he swam in. It was his life, his death, and his resurrection. It was gin that sank him into stupor every night, and gin that […]
There are more old drunkards than old doctors.
Teetotalers may be the spine of the nation, but drinkers are its heart and balls.
Nose, Nose, Nose Nose! And who have thee that jolly red nose? Cinnamon and Ginger, Nutmegs and Cloves, And that, gave me my jolly red nose.
Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)
