| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Intemperance |
| | | Full bottles and glasses make swearers and asses. Dutch. | 1 |
| Gods! what wild folly from the goblet flows. Homer. | 2 |
| He earns a farthing and has a penny-worth of thirst. Italian. | 3 |
| Intemperance and lust breed infirmities. Tillotson. | 4 |
| Intemperance is the doctor’s wet nurse. German. | 5 |
| Intoxication is a temporary madness. Pythagoras. | 6 |
| More men are drowned in the bowl than in the sea. German. | 7 |
| Thousands perish from intemperance; meanwhile all the world give themselves over to it. Chinese. | 8 |
| We have snakes in our cups and in our dishes and whoever dips too deep will find death in the pot. L’Estrange. | 9 |
| When drink enters, wisdom departs. Spanish. | 10 |
| You take your health to the whiskey shop once too often until it gets broken. Cork saying. | 11 | | |
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