Quote#God & Faith
Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation
Quote byWilliam Rounseville Alger · 1822–1905
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: 1865 edition, "The Sober Drunkenness", p. 167..
English (original)
Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety, And go, get drunk with that divine intoxication Which is more sober far than all sobriety.
— William Rounseville Alger
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