"A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the brewer's agent, the tavern and alehouse benefactor, the beggar's companion, the constable's trouble, his wife's woe, his children's sorrow, his neighbours scoff, his own shame."

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Source: Thomas Adams, James Sherman (1848). “An Exposition Upon the Second Epistle General of St. Peter”, p.12

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Thomas Adams was a prominent thinker known for his exploration of freedom and control in society, particularly through his influential writings.

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