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I'm really not much of a drinker,
Just 1 or 2 at the most,
With 3 I'm under the table,
With 4 I'm under my host.
-Dorothy Parker
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Then trust me, there's nothing like drinking.
So pleasant on this side the grave;
It keeps the unhappy from thinking,
And makes e'en the valiant more brave.
-Charles Dibdin
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A good drink makes the old young.
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There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
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A beer in the hand is worth two in the fridge.
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Millions who long for immortality do not know what to do with themselves
on a rainy Sunday afternoon.-Susan Ertz
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Voltaire on his deathbed was advised to renounce the devil.
He replied: "This is not the time to make enemies".
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The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are
too strong to be broken.
-Dr Johnson
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I'm extraordinarily patient providing I get my own way in the end.
-Margaret Thatcher
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If you look like your passport photo, in all probability you need a
holiday.-Earl Wilson
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A narrow mind has a broad tongue.
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Love is blind but marriage restores the sight.
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The wise man has long ears, big eyes and a short tongue.
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Better the cold blast of winter than the hot breath of a pursuing leopard.
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If you want to be happy for an evening, drink.
If you want to be happy for a month, marry.
If you want to be happy for life make your garden beautiful.
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Peace is the result of understanding, not of agreement.
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Even a beetle is a beauty in the eyes of its mother.
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Any plan is bad which is not susceptible to change.
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Those who rest on their laurels find themselves sitting on a thorn bush.
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Thrift is what you do to yourself; meanness is what you do to others.
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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
-Confucius
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Saying is one thing, and doing another.
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I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back.
-Zsa Zsa Gabor
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Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most
always like it the least.
-Earl of Chesterfield
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There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
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Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
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Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back;
if you smile, it returns the greeting.
-Thackeray.
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As I don't expect much, I can never be much disappointed.
-John Gay
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Cowboy philosophy: always drink upstream from the herd.
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Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.
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Expect the worst,
hope for the best,
and take what comes.
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Do not believe all you hear and do not tell all you see.
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Our senses don't deceive us; our judgement does.
-Goethe
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The fairest apple hangs on the highest bough.
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Woman was made after man, and man has been after her ever since.
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Talk is cheap - until lawyers get involved
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Borrow money from pessimists - they don't expect it back.
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Never run after a bus or a girl because another one will be along shortly.
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The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds;
the pessimist fears this is true.
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This world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.
-Horace Walpole
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If love is a dream, then marriage is an alarm clock.
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24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence?
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A man who gives in when he is wrong is wise. A man who gives in when he
is right is married.
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The art of hospitality is to make guests feel at home when you wish they were.
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A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
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A tidy desk is the sign of an untidy desk drawer.
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There is nothing like getting a good lie off your chest.
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
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Be careful - the toes you step on today may be connected to the ass you
have to kiss tomorrow.
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If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of mortgage
payments.
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Money is the root of all evil...
.... and a man needs roots!
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Early to bed and early to rise.
Will make you miss all the regular guys.
-George Ade, c1900
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A barrel of good ale works more miracles than a church full of saints.
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There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I'm old,
there is no respect for age. I missed it coming and going.
-JB Priestley
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If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.
-George Bernard Shaw
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Laugh and the world laughs with you... or thinks you an idiot!
Snore and you snore alone.
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When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never
tried before.
-Mae West
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People with no vices usually have some pretty annoying virtues.
-Liz Taylor

He who ploughs a straight furrow is in a rut.
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Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
-attributed to Samuel Goldwyn
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A man is as old as he feels, and a woman is as old as she looks.
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No bees, no honey; no work, no money.
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Save your breath to cool your porridge.
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If there were wisdom in beards, all goats would be prophets.
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It is not the fault of the post that a blind man cannot see it.
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A beggar on his feet is worth more than an emperor in his grave.
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If at first you don't succeed, avoid all evidence that you tried.
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I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
-Jerome K Jerome
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He that digs a pit for another may fall into it himself.
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What good is running if one is on the wrong road?
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He that drinks beer, thinks beer.
- British proverb misquoted by some Aussies
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have PR officers.
-Daniel J Boorstin
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Be nice to your kids - they'll choose your nursing home.
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