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Jean Sirmond

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If on my theme I rightly think,
There are five reasons why men drink,—
Good wine, a friend, because I'm dry,
Or lest I should be by and by,
Or any other reason why.
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Si bene commemini, caus? sunt quinque bibendi: Hospitis adventus; pr?sens sitis atque futura; Et vini bonitas, et qu?libet altera causa. Menagiana, vol. i. p. 172.

 
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