A Quote by John Lyly
Whatsoever is in the heart of the sober man, is in the mouth of the drunkard.
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A sober man may become a drunkard through being a coward. A brave man may become a coward through being a drunkard.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
I'm no alcoholic. I'm a drunkard. There's a difference. A drunkard doesn't like to go to meetings.
I always was a Christian... whatsoever a man thinks in his heart is who he is.
My benefactor used to say the seeds are the 'sober head' -- the only part that could fortify the heart of man.
A line runs from the meditations of the heart to the words of the mouth. The meditations are not clear to us until the mouth utters its words. If what the mouth utters is unclear or foolish or mendacious, it must be that the meditations are the same. But the line runs both ways. The words of the mouth will become the meditations of the heart, and the habit of loose talk loosens the fastenings of our understanding.
Take love as a sober man takes wine; do not become a drunkard. If your mistress is sincere and faithful, love her for that; but if she is not, if she is merely young and beautiful, love her for that; if she is agreeable and spirituelle, love her for that; if she is none of these things but merely loves you, love her for that. Love does not come to us every day.
The first thought that I had about really trying to get sober was, 'Man, I could do a lot of good in the world. I can lead by example and just be this heroic recovery guy.' And that's just a bad reason to get sober. You can't get sober for anybody's benefit, let alone the world at large. You really got to do it for yourself.
MOUTH, n. In man, the gateway to the soul; in woman, the outlet of the heart.
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.
Of all men the drunkard is the foulest. The thief when he is not stealing is like another. The extortioner does not practice in the home. The murderer when he is at home can wash his hands. But the drunkard stinks and vomits in this own bed and dissolves his organs in alcohol.
A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be...The law of survival of the fittest was not made by man, and it cannot be abrogated by man. We can only, by interfering with it, produce the survival of the unfittest.
Only fools use their mouth to speak. A smart man uses his brain, and a wise man uses his heart.
I'd always thought that if I could get sober and stay sober, I would be able to have a career making music. My drug and alcohol addiction was the one thing holding me back. I had finally gotten the tools to stay sober, and it was just a matter of writing the songs.
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