The cask full, the mother-in-law drunk.
—Spanish Proverb
Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every crime.
—Douglas William Jerrold (1803–57) English Writer, Dramatist, Wit
Of all vices take heed of drunkenness. Other vices are but the fruits of disordered affections; this disorders, nay banishes reason.—Other vices but impair the soul; this demolishes her two chief acuities, the understanding and the will. Other vices make their own way; this makes way for all vices.—He that is a drunkard is qualified for all vice.
—Francis Quarles (1592–1644) English Religious Poet
To drunken mothers-in-law give full jugs.
—Spanish Proverb
What a sober man has in his heart, a drunken man has on his lips.
—Danish Proverb
I have drunk, and seen the spider.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Intoxicating drinks have produced evils more deadly, because more continuous, than all those caused to mankind by the great historic scourges of war, famine, and pestilence combined.
—William Ewart Gladstone (1809–98) English Liberal Statesman, Prime Minister
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
—George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh Anglican Poet, Orator, Clergyman
Wine is one thing, drunkenness another.
—Latin Proverb
Drunkenness is a flattering devil, a sweet poison, a pleasant sin, which whosoever hath, hath not himself, which whosoever doth commit, doth not commit sin, but he himself is wholly sin.
—Augustine of Hippo (354–430) Roman-African Christian Philosopher
When your companions get drunk and fight, Take up your hat, and wish them good night.
—Japanese Proverb
Some of the domestic evils of drunkenness are houses without windows, gardens without fences, fields without tillage, barns without roofs, children without clothing, principles, morals, or manners.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Let there be an entire abstinence from intoxicating drinks throughout this country during the period of a single generation, and a mob would be as impossible as combustion without oxygen.
—Horace Mann (1796–1859) American Educator, Politician, Educationalist
The best cure for drunkenness is whilst sober to observe a drunken person.
—Chinese Proverb
One reason I don’t drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879–1964) British Politician, Socialite
Heaven protects children, sailors, and drunken men.
—German Proverb
Eat until you are half full; drink until you are half drunk.
—Russian Proverb
The drunken mouth reveals the heart’s secrets.
—German Proverb
Wine is given to bring mirth not drunkenness.
—Latin Proverb
Beware of drunkenness, lest all good men beware of thee.—Where drunkenness reigns, there reason is an exile, virtue a stranger, and God an enemy; blasphemy is wit, oaths are rhetoric, and secrets are proclamations.
—Francis Quarles (1592–1644) English Religious Poet
When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.
—Jesse Jackson (b.1941) American Civil Rights Leader, Minister
To stop drinking, study a drunkard when you are sober.
—Chinese Proverb
You don’t get a headache from what other people have drunk.
—Russian Proverb
Sin when you are drunk, pay the fine when you are sober.
—German Proverb
When a rich man falls they say it was an accident; when a poor man falls they say that he was drunk.
—Turkish Proverb
The sober man’s secret is the drunkard’s speech.
—Russian Proverb
What is a drunken man like? Like a drown’d man, a fool, and a madman; one draught above heat makes him a fool; the second mads him; and a third drowns him.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Drunkards talk to the gods.
—Chinese Proverb
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunk.
—George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh Anglican Poet, Orator, Clergyman
Drunk sweetly, paid sourly.
—German Proverb
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