“Your body is a temple, but keep the spirits on the outside”

“Your body is a temple, but keep the spirits on the outside” is a jocular saying against drinking alcohol. “Your body is a temple, but keep the spirits on the outside. ~Author Unknown” was cited in print in September 2006. Not one of the many citations of the saying cites any authorship.
   
Related sayings include “My body is a temple…to Dionysus” and “My body used to be a temple. Now it’s a combination of a liquor store & a Mexican restaurant.”
   
     
Alcoholipedia
Your body is a temple, but keep the spirits on the outside.
-    Author Unknown
 
Of Drunks and Drug Addicts
Saturday, September 23, 2006
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Your body is a temple, but keep the spirits on the outside. ~Author Unknown
     
Brismetal.com
Decadancer
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:22 pm
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Your body is a temple, but keep the spirits on the outside. ~Author Unknown
 
Funny Quotes
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Some more Alcohol Quotes
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Your body is a temple, but keep the spirits on the outside. ~Author Unknown
 
Saree Dreams
Against Drunk Driving – Your body is a temple, but keep the spirits on the outside.
Posted on July 20, 2010 by Sunny
Chandrika DeSilva was killed by a drunk driver outside her Reseda, CA home on Sunday July 18, 2010. She was struck by a Jeep Cherokee driven by Richard Buitron, a 22-year old marine.
 
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