Jesse Torrey quotes
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“Coffee, though a useful medicine, if drunk constantly will at length induce a decay of health , and hectic fever.”
-- Jesse TorreySource : The Moral Instructor Pt IV, Sect. II, Ch. 10
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“We shall not refuse tobacco the credit of being sometimes medical, when used temperately, though an acknowledged poison.”
-- Jesse TorreySource : Jesse Torrey (1819). “The Moral Instructor, and Guide to Virtue and Happiness: Being a Compendium of Moral Science, in Four Parts ... : with an Appendix Containing Directions for the Institution of Free Public Libraries, and Reading Societies : Designed for the Use of Families, and the Highest Classes in Common Schools and Academies”, p.186
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“If you wish to study men you must not neglect to mix with the society of children.”
-- Jesse TorreySource : Jesse Torrey (1819). “The Moral Instructor, and Guide to Virtue and Happiness: Being a Compendium of Moral Science, in Four Parts ... : with an Appendix Containing Directions for the Institution of Free Public Libraries, and Reading Societies : Designed for the Use of Families, and the Highest Classes in Common Schools and Academies”, p.134
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“Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank.”
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“Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.”
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“Medical science is making such remarkable progress that soon none of us will be well.”
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“A drunk tongue is an honest one in my opinion.”
Source : "Booze helps Adele write songs". www.thesun.co.uk. April 5, 2016.
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“Oh you’re heist-drunk Kitty Kat. And you have been since the Henley.”
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“Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.”