Don Gagnon

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Which was first, thirst or drinking? Thirst, for who in the time of innocence would have drunk without being athirst? Nay, sir, it was drinking; for privatio praesupponit habitum. I am learned, you see: Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum? We poor innocents drink but too much without thirst.
Alan
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Privatio...: Deprivation presupposes prior use.
Gargantua and Pantagruel
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