quote · Legacy record
It were better for a man to be subject to any vice, than to drunkenness: for all other vanities and sins are recovered, but a drunkard will never shake off the delight of beastliness.
It were better for a man to be subject to any vice, than to drunkenness: for all other vanities and sins are recovered, but a drunkard will never shake off the delight of beastliness.
Approximate author period: c. 1585 AD · renaissance
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- Author or tradition
- Sir Walter Raleigh
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- Approximate author period: c. 1585 AD · renaissance
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- Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)
Drink · anthology attribution: Sir Walter Raleigh
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