Ernest Dowson Quotes

Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.

No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as he would have done with out it.

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.

Wine is a peep-hole on a man.

When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.

Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.

One of my books is a hallucinogen, an aphrodisiac, a mood elevator, an intellectual garage door opener, and a metaphysical trash compactor. They'll do everything except rotate your tires.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

It is the hour to be drunken! to escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish.

Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.

I think a guy who's had just the right amount of booze can sing the blues a hell of a lot better than a guy who is stone sober.

I am prepared to believe that a dry martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does for the soul.

A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced: the imagination is agreeably stirred; the wits become more nimble. A bottle produces the opposite effect.

It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most men are disguised by sobriety.

I felt the first soft glow of intoxication that makes the blood warmer and spreads an illusion of adventure over uncertainty.

Alcohol is like pouring smiles on your brain.

I'm too high, but I ain't left the ground.

Vermouth always makes me brilliant unless it makes me idiotic.

Where the drink goes in, there the wit goes out.

Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh, just, subtle, and mighty opium!

Daddy, when he drank, just became sweeter. There wasn't a mean thought in his body. I've always said he was like a drunk Jimmy Stewart.

After the two drinks, she felt warm inside, and slightly indistinct at the edges.

A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is stirred, the wits become more nimble.