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>But is there an exact English proverbial equivalent?
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There's an American comic song (early C20, maybe?) whose refrain is
"cigarettes and whiskey and wild, wild women / They'll drive you crazy,
they'll drive you insane" - luckily I don't know how to append sound files
to e-mail, or I would favour you all with a rendition of it.
Best wishes,
Steven Botterill
Associate Professor of Italian Literature
Acting Chair, Department of Italian Studies
Acting Chair, Italian/Scandinavian/Slavic Administrative Cluster
6303 Dwinelle Hall #2620
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-2620
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