Hello 84nan,
The phrase you mentioned was taken Shakespeare?s play Macbeth in a
conversation between the Porter and Macduff.
Here is the reference:
Macbeth
Act 2, Scene 3
Porter
'Faith sir, we were carousing till the
second cock: and drink, sir, is a great
provoker of three things.
MACDUFF
What three things does drink especially provoke?
Porter
?Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and
urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes;
it provokes the desire, but it takes
away the performance: therefore, much drink
may be said to be an equivocator with lechery:
it makes him, and it mars him; it sets
him on, and it takes him off; it persuades him,
and disheartens him; makes him stand to, and
not stand to; in conclusion, equivocates him
in a sleep, and, giving him the lie, leaves him.?
Shakespeare-literature.com
http://www.shakespeare-literature.com/Macbeth/10.html
Bartleby
http://www.bartleby.com/46/4/23.html
"Drink provokes the desire but takes away the performance." (William Shakespeare)
http://www.quotationreference.com/quotefinder.php?byax=1&strt=1&subj=William+Shakespeare
Drink, Sir, is a great provoker of three things, nose-painting, sleep
?and urine. Lechery, it provokes, and unprovokes: it provokes the
desire, but it takes away the performance.?
Macbeth, 2. 3
All Great Quotes
http://www.allgreatquotes.com/shakespeareinsults106.shtml
'Drink, sir, is a provoker of three things ... Lechery, sir, it
provokes, and unprovokes; it provokes the desire, but takes away the
performance.' (Macbeth) act 2, sc 3.
The Guardian
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/politicsphilosophyandsociety/0,6121,1112980,00.html
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