| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Drunkenness |
| | | Drunkenness brutifies even the bravest spirits. Feltham. | 1 |
| Drunkenness does not produce faults; it discovers them, for time does not change manners; it uncovers them. Chinese. | 2 |
| Drunkenness is a bewitching devil, a pleasant poison and a sweet sin. Augustine. | 3 |
| Drunkenness is a pair of spectacles to see the devil and all his works. | 4 |
| Drunkenness is an egg from which all vices are hatched. | 5 |
| Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. Seneca. | 6 |
| Drunkenness makes some men fools, some beasts and some devils. | 7 |
| Drunkenness turns a man out of himself and leaves a beast in his room. | 8 |
| Thought when sober, said when drunk. German. | 9 |
| What soberness conceals drunkenness reveals. | 10 |
| What you do when drunk you must pay for when sober. Scotch. | 11 | | |
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