No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane. Hitler was the archetype of the abstemious man.

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Liebling, Abbott Joseph. "La Nautique." Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris. Simon & Schuster, 1959.

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A quote by A.J. Liebling about cutting loose: “No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic…”

A quote by A.J. Liebling about cutting loose: “No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic…”

A quote by A.J. Liebling about cutting loose: “No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic…”