Drinking and Gambling.
I love good wine As I love health and joy of heart, but temperately.—Beaumont and Fletcher. —Wit without Money. '»• M ”1 rather like bad wine,” said Mr. Mountchesney: ’’One gets so bored with good wine.”—Disraeli. — Sybil. ❖ * * Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy—Johnson.— Remark. 1779. * * * Look thou not upon the wine when it is red. Fro verbs xxiii.
0 for a beaker full of the warm South. Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple stained mouth. Keats. —Ode to a Nightingale. $ * v Drink no longer water, but a little wine for thy stomach’s sake. — Tim r othy v. 23. ❖ * « Gaming is a principle inherent in human nature. It belongs do us all. -Burke. — Speech on Economical Re'form.
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Cue (NZERS), Issue 34, 31 October 1945, Page 13
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