Quote#Wisdom
A torchlight procession marching down your throat
Quote byJohn L. O'Sullivan · 1813–1895
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On whiskey, in G. W. E. Russell, Collections and Recollections (1898), ch. 19.
English (original)
A torchlight procession marching down your throat.
— John L. O'Sullivan
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