Muhammad Quotes

... the sin of drunkenness which is the root of all sins.

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.

Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.

Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is riotous; and whoever is deceived by it is not wise

The Prophet hath cursed ten persons on account of wine: one, the first extractor of the juice of the grape for others; the second, for himself; the third, the drinker of it; the fourth, the bearer of it; the fifth, the person to whom it is brought; the sixth, the waiter; the seventh, the seller of it; the eighth, the eater of its price; the ninth, the buyer of it; the tenth, that person who hath purchased it for another.

Drunkenness was attacked in the same manner; it was discountenanced on every occasion by those who had charge of any department: its destructive and pernicious effects were frequently stated by his own more prudent comrades, at the proper moment when the individual was soberly suffering from the effects of his previous excess; pot- and public-houses were gradually removed from the immediate vicinity of their dwellings; the health and comfort of temperance were made familiar to them; by degrees drunkenness disappeared, and many who were habitual bacchanalians are now conspicuous for undeviating sobriety.

I'd love to see the world without liquor for a week.

It's not a crime to get drunk.

Drinking spirits cannot cause spiritual damage.

Lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine.

Wine is wont to show the mind of man.

All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and mad. In fine, he that is drunk is not a man: because he is so long void of Reason, that distinguishes a Man from a Beast.

I have never been drunk in my life, and I don't expect I ever will be.

No animal ever invented anything as bad as drunkenness - or so good as drink.

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.

Even though a number of people have tried, no one has ever found a way to drink for a living.

Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.

Drunkenness is temporary suicide.

Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off.

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.

I tell you that the curse of God Almighty is on the saloon.