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"Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things . . . Marry sir, nose-painting, sleep and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes and unprovokes; it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance." By nose-painting we should understand that heavy drinking causes rubefaction of the nose, as it in fact does.

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Three things: nose-painting, sleep and urine. By "nose-painting" he means that excessive alcohol drinking makes your nose red. He also says that alcohol causes lechery (sexual desire) but it provokes the desire and takes away the performance. Properly performed, this scene is hilarious.

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Anger, hallucinations, listening to Lady Macbeth, and murder.

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"Nose-painting, sleep, and urine." In other words, it makes your nose red, it makes you sleepy and it makes you want to pee.

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red nose, sleep, and urine

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