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A statesman is an easy man, he tells his lies by rote. A journalist invents his lies, and rams them down your throat. So stay at home and drink your beer and let the neighbors vote.

A statesman is an easy man, he tells his lies by rote. A journalist invents his lies, and rams them down your throat. So stay at home and drink your beer and let the neighbors vote.

William Butler Yeats
Lying, Drinking, Home

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.

William Butler Yeats
Drinking, Food, Humor

A drunkard is a dead man And all dead men are drunk.

William Butler Yeats
Drinking, Men, Drunk
William Butler Yeats (2000). “The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats”, p.268, Wordsworth Editions

Come swish around my pretty punk And keep me dancing still That I may stay a sober man Although I drink my fill.

William Butler Yeats
Drinking, Men, Dancing
William Butler Yeats (2000). “The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats”, p.268, Wordsworth Editions

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