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Men do not knowingly drink for the effect alcohol produces on the…
Quote byJack London · 1876–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: John Barleycorn (1913), Ch. V.
English (original)
Men do not knowingly drink for the effect alcohol produces on the body. What they drink for is the brain-effect; and if it must come through the body, so much the worse for the body.
— Jack London
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