A bone-dry nation means a life full of sorrows without any chance of drowning them.
Classic Thoughts on Prohibition
I love fools' experiments.—Darwin.
The rising world of waters dark and deep.—Milton.
Earth a failure, God-forsaken,
Ante-room of Hell!—Kingsley.
If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.—Shakespeare.
The law is a ass, a idiot.—Dickens.
Lean, hungry, savage anti-everythings.—Holmes.