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"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts -- for support rather than for illumination." »Andrew Lang
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"Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other." »Luther
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"Hamlet is a course and barbarous play. One might think the work is the product of a drunken savage's imagination." »Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
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"Money mad. My wife says I spend money like a drunken sailor. Wonder what she'd say if I spent it like a sober congressman" »R. W. Plagge
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"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than saying a drunken man is happier than a sober man." »George Bernard Shaw
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"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happier than a sober one." »George Bernard Shaw
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"Hark! here the sound of lute so sweet, And there the voice of wailing loud; Here scholars grave in conclave meet, There howls the brawling drunken crowd; Here, charming maidens full of glee, There, tottering, withered dames we see. Such light! Such shade! I cannot tell, If here we live in heaven or hell." »Bhartrihari
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"Banning gun shows to reduce violent crime will work about as well as banning auto shows to reduce drunken driving." »Bill McIntire
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"Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yieldAgainst stupidity the very godsThemselves contend in vain. Exalted reason,Resplendent daughter of the head divine,Wise foundress of the system of the world,Guide of the stars, who are thou then, if thou,Bound to the tail of folly's uncurb'd steed,Must, vainly shrieking, with the drunken crowd,Eyes open, plunge down headlong in the abyss." »Johann Christian Friedrich von Schiller
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