Drunk, Intoxication Quotes

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A chief petty officer shall not drink. However, if he should drink, he shall not get drunk. If he should get drunk, he shall not stagger! If he should stagger, he shall not fall! And if he should fall, he will fall in such a manner as to cover up his rate, so passersby will think he's an officer!

Port.: <...> drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things.
Macd.: What three things does drink especially provoke?
Port.: Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes; it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance; therefore, much drink may be said to be an equivocator with lechery: it makes him, and it mars him; it sets him on, and it takes him off; it persuades him, and disheartens him; makes him stand to, and not stand to; in conclusion, equivocates him in a sleep, and, giving him the lie, leaves him.

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