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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 54150 |
| QUOTATION: | At the punch-bowl’s brink, Let the thirsty think, What they say in Japan: First the man takes a drink, Then the drink takes a drink, Then the drink takes the man! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Edward Rowland Sill (1841–1887), U.S. poet, essayist. “An Adage from the Orient.” |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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