"Tipsiness" Quotes from Famous Books
... some hundred of dollars between them, were introduced to the table, and, having never played before, began to win (as is always the case). As ill luck would have it, too, they were tipsy, and against tipsiness I have often found the best calculations of play fail entirely. They played in the most perfectly insane way, and yet won always. Every card they backed turned up in their favour. They had won a hundred louis ...![](http://www.freetranslator.org/rquot.gif) — Barry Lyndon • William Makepeace Thackeray |