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Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication. — Lord Byron

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Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication.

Lord Byron
Don Juan · 1819
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1819
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Lord Byron
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Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 2, st. 179.
Original citation
Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1819, canto 2, st. 179.

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