Quotes..., a collection of the best drinking quotes, brought to you courtesy of The Venice Whaler Bar and Grill.

"Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry."

St Luke - Bible

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"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest

Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

Drink and the devil had done for the rest--

Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"

Stevenson - Treasure Island.

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"Best while you have it use your breath, There is no drinking after death."

John Fletcher

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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

Oscar Wilde

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"Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, this is good ale."

George Borrow

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"Man wants but little drink below, But wants that little strong."

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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"Give an Irishman lager for a month and he's a dead man. An Irishman's stomach is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him."

Mark Twain

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"Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my Scotch, I say, I'm thirsty, not dirty."

Joe E. Lewis

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