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• Bacchus: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.
• Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• BACCHUS, n. A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.
  Is public worship, then, a sin, That for devotions paid to Bacchus The lictors dare to run us in, And resolutely thump and whack us?...
• The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting drunk. -- The Replaceme
• If nothing beats getting drunk, given a choice, I'd take the nothing.
• Getting the job done is no excuse for not following the rules.
  Corrollary: Following the rules will not get the job done....
• Look back at the last year. You've done well, haven't you?
  Celebrate by getting drunk and consummating your self-love....
• Sheets can be kept clean by getting drunk and falling asleep with your clothes on.
  -- P. J. O'Rourke...