“There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.”
Raymond Chandler (1888–1959) Novelist, screenwriter
“There is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn’t fool with booze until he’s fifty; then he’s a damn fool if he doesn’t.”
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