Quotes with sober

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  • George Bernard Shaw The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • William James The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • William Butler Yeats The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Logan Pearsall Smith The wretchedness of being rich is that you live with rich people. To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay sober.
    Logan Pearsall Smith
    English writer (1865 - 1946)
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  • Arthur Henderson Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we must take, and then address ourselves to our common task in a mood of sober resolution and quiet confidence, without haste and without pause.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • Richard Burton When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk.
    Richard Burton
    Welsh actor (1925 - 1984)
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  • Brantley Gilbert When I started doing music full time, I figured out my job wasn't something I needed to be completely sober for.
    Brantley Gilbert
    American country music singer, songwriter (1985 - )
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  • Lord Chesterfield Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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