A man shouldn't fool with booze until he's fifty; then he's a damn fool if he doesn't.

William Faulkner

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Topic

Alcohol Stages of life

Speaker

William Faulkner

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United States

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Citation

Faulkner, William. Quoted in William Faulkner of Oxford, written and edited by James M. Webb and A. Wigfall Green. Louisiana State University Press, 1965.

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