“I was in love with a beautiful blonde once, dear. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm so indebted to her for.”

— W.C. Fields

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
Variant: 'Twas a woman who drove me to drink. I never had the courtesy to thank her.

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