“Drink is in itself a good creature of God, but the abuse of drink is from Satan.”
Increase Mather (1639–1723) Puritan minister, academic, activist
As quoted in The Truth About Alcohol (2005) by Barry Youngerman and Mark J. Kittleson, p. 129.
“Drink, pretty creature, drink!”
— William Wordsworth, book Lyrical Ballads
The Pet Lamb. A Pastoral, st. 1 (1800).
Lyrical Ballads (1798–1800)
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English Romantic poet 1770–1850Related quotes
“First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter
Variant: First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
Abraham Cowley (1618–1667) British writer
From Anacreon, ii. Drinking; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Drink to me. Drink to my health. You know I can't drink any more.”
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
Quoted in: Scott Slater, Alec Solomita (1980), Exits: stories of dying moments & parting words. p. 8.
Slater & Solomita (1980) explained:
"It was a spirited dinner and Picasso a cheerful, genial host. After the meal, while pouring wine into a friend's glass, Picasso said, Drink to me. Drink to my health. You know I can't drink any more. A little later, about 11:30 P.M., he left his guests, saying, And now I must go back to work. He was up painting until 3:00 A.M. That morning Picasso woke at 11:30, unable to move. By 11:40 he was dead..".
1970s
Anacreon (-570–-485 BC) Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns
Variant: Fruitful earth drinks up the rain, Trees from earth drink that again; The sea too drinks the air, the sun Drinks the sea, and him the moon. Is it reason, then, do ye think, That I should thirst when all else drink?
Source: Odes, 21.
“Drink, drink. Fan, fan. Rub, rub.”
Horatio Nelson (1758–1805) Royal Navy Admiral
In his dying hours, Nelson was attended by his chaplain, Alexander Scott; his steward, Chevalier; and the purser, Walter Burke. Their accounts have been available to Nelson's modern biographers. This was a request to alleviate his symptoms of thirst, heat, and the pains of his wounds, as quoted in Horatio Nelson (1987) by Tom Pocock, p. 331
The Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
“It’s a great advantage not to drink among hard drinking people.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby
Source: The Great Gatsby
