Champagne does have one regular drawback: swilled as a regular thing a certain sourness settles in the tummy, … - Truman Capote

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The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.

Truman Capote

Champagne does have one regular drawback: swilled as a regular thing a certain sourness settles in the tummy, and the result is permanent bad breath. Really incurable.

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