“They who drink beer will think beer.”
"Stratford-on-Avon".
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1819–1820)
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Widely attributed to Luther, but actually is an example given in 1658 book Ἑρμηνεια logica https://books.google.com/books?id=2MxlAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA228| of faulty logic. In Latin:
Si vero termini in sorite sunt causae subordinatae per accidens, sorites non valet; ut ia hoc, Qui bene bibit, bene dormit; qui bene dormit, non peccat; qui non peccat, est beatus; ergo: qui bene bibit est beatus. Vitium est, quod bene bibere sit causa per accidens somni.
Translated via Fauxtations https://fauxtations.wordpress.com/2016/08/21/drinking-and-not-sinning/:
If, however, the conclusions in the sorite are subordinate by accident, the sorites is not valid; as in this one, He who sleeps well, drinks well; he who sleeps well, does not sin; he who does not sin, is blessed; therefore, he who drinks well is blessed. The problem is that to drink well is a cause of sleep only by accident.
Disputed
“I like to eat crawfish and drink beer. That's despair?”
“You drink only sparingly. Is the beer too thin?”
“No at all. I merely wish to keep my wits about me. It would not do if both of us became addled, and later woke up in doubt as to who was who.”
Source: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 6, section 4 (p. 447)
“Are we letting her drink beer again?"
"Hell yes we are, and it's hilarious.”
Source: Scott Pilgrim, Volume 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
“What else is there to do in college except drink beer or slit one's wrists?”
Source: The Rules of Attraction
“Oh, about beer I never lie. A man who lies about beer makes enemies.”
Jud, to Louis
Source: Pet Sematary (1983)
“Think of "free speech", not "free beer".”
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