There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it.

Quote by Thomas Love Peacock

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I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was...

I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was...

A book that furnishes no quotations is no book - it is a plaything.

A book that furnishes no quotations is no book - it is a plaything.

Not drunk is he who from the floor - Can rise alone and still drink...

Not drunk is he who from the floor - Can rise alone and still drink...

Names are changed more readily than doctrines, and doctrines more readily than ceremonies.

Names are changed more readily than doctrines, and doctrines more readily than ceremonies.

The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.

The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.

I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race

I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race

Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse...

Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse...

Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for...

Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for...