“Whoever wants to be a hero ought to drink brandy.”
André Maurois (1885–1967) French writer
Les silences du colonel Bramble (The Silence of Colonel Bramble)
“Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.”
April 7, 1779
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol III
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