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Fill all the glasses there, for why

Quote byAbraham Cowley · 1618–1667

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poems (1656), Anacreontiques, ii. Drinking.

English (original)

Fill all the glasses there, for why Should every creature drink but I? Why, man of morals, tell me why?

— Abraham Cowley

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