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Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

— George Bernard Shaw

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Drinking is a remarkable, automatic release and a way of relaxing.

— Michelle Huneven

Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.

— Finley Peter Dunne

Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time.

— Mercedes McCambridge

I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.

— Betty Ford

Today, if you're not an alcoholic, you're nobody.

— Dick Van Dyke

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer.

— Tom T. Hall

There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.

— Ovid

✗Opposing Perspectives

Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems.

— Matt Groening

Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is master of his own destiny.

— Marguerite Duras