Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Drunkenness is temporary suicide.
Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.
I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other.
Passion is the drunkenness of the mind.
Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.
If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
Madness doesn't happen to someone alone. Very few people have experiences that are theirs alone.
It's not a crime to get drunk.
It's not cool to be an alcoholic.
Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.
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