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Henry David Thoreau Quotes about Drinking

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I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man: wine is not so noble a liquor; and think of dashing the hopes of a morningwith a cup of warm coffee, or of an evening with a dish of tea! Ah, how low I fall when I

I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man: wine is not so noble a liquor; and think of dashing the hopes of a morningwith a cup of warm coffee, or of an evening with a dish of tea! Ah, how low I fall when I am tempted by them! Even music may be intoxicating. Such apparently slight causes destroyed Greece and Rome, and will destroy England and America.

Henry David Thoreau
Music, Wise, Drinking
Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Walden”, p.183, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I know a good woman who thinks that her son lost his life because he took to drinking water only.

Henry David Thoreau
Drinking, Food, Son
Henry David Thoreau (2004). “Walden: 150th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of the American Classic”, p.58, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony.

Henry David Thoreau
Strength, Drinking, Differences
Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Excursions (Annotated Edition)”, p.97, Jazzybee Verlag

I would fain keep sober always; and there are infinite degrees of drunkenness.

Henry David Thoreau
Drinking, Degrees, Sober
Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Citizen Thoreau: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown”, p.132, Graphic Arts Books

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