William Shakespeare Quotes

Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things . . . nose-painting, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes; it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance.

William Shakespeare

• Desire
• Sleep
• Drinking
• Drink
• Provoking

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• Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things . . . nose-painting, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes; it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Desire
  • Sleep
  • Drinking