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Good liquor helps a man to see that after all it’s a small thing that disturbs him; but when you take liquor without the trouble, then the liquor becomes the trouble itself, and that’s bad.
Tales from Gavagan's Bar (1953)
If he had ten times as much brains as he has and cheated on the entrance examination, he might be able to get into a home for the feeble-minded.
Tales from Gavagan's Bar (1953)
“It’s like this Spinoza says,” said Witherwax, “when I read it in a book. You ain’t got no right to say something is bad just because you don’t like it personally. You’ve got to consider other people.”
Tales from Gavagan's Bar (1953)
Oh, yes, he says it is not unusual to prepare for a religious lecture in the South by the liberal ingestion of corn liquor. People seem to feel that it enables them to attain more readily the emotional state desirable for receiving a revelation.
Tales from Gavagan's Bar (1953)
None of the formulas worked—at that time, anyway. I remember the night when we laid off experimenting to have a couple of drinks, and Cal remarked that it was a damn shame the infernal powers were so slow on the uptake; if one of them appeared, he’d be glad to sell off his soul, which was likely to be lost anyway, whereas he certainly could use some money.
Tales from Gavagan's Bar (1953)