"Youth is a continual Drunkenness; 'tis the Fever of Reason."

— Anonymous

Author

Anonymous

Work Title

An Index to Mankind: or Maxims Selected from the Wits of all Nations

Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
James Hoey
Date
1765
Metaphor
"Youth is a continual Drunkenness; 'tis the Fever of Reason."
Metaphor in Context
Youth is a continual Drunkenness; 'tis the Fever of Reason.
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Categories
Body::Disease::Fever
Provenance
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Citation
An Index to Mankind: or Maxims Selected from the Wits of all Nations (Dublin: James Hoey, 1765). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
11/23/2011

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.