Alcohol as balm

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Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out and death's the other.

Tennessee Williams

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Topic

Alcohol as balm Death as a blessing The human condition

Speaker

Brick

Author

Tennessee Williams

Source

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play) Drama Southern Gothic

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Williams, Tennessee. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Directed by Elia Kazan. Performed by Barbara Bel Geddes and Burl Ives and Ben Gazzara. 24 Mar. 1955, Morosco Theatre, New York City, New York, USA, act 2.

Current Citation

Williams, Tennessee. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. New Directions, 2004, act 2.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

Proverbs 31:6

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Topic

Alcohol as balm Getting drunk Wine Alcohol

Source

Proverbs The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 31:6).