We could in the United States make as great a variety of wines as are made in Europe, not exactly of the same kinds, but doubtless as good.
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) American Head of State, Lawyer
Remember gentlemen, it is not just France we are fighting for, it is Champagne
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
Drink wine in winter for cold, and in summer for heat.
—Anonymous
Where there is no wine there is no love.
—Euripides (480–406 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
This wine should be eaten, for it is much too good to be drunk
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Irish Satirist
When a man drinks wine at dinner, he begins to be better pleased with himself.
—Plato (428 BCE–347 BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Mathematician, Educator
To succeed you must add water to your wine, until there is no more wine.
—Jules Renard (1864–1910) French Writer, Diarist
Is not old wine wholesomest, old pippins toothsomest, old wood burn brightest, old linen wash whitest? Old soldiers, sweethearts, are surest, and old lovers are soundest.
—John Webster (1580–1634) English Dramatist, Poet
Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter. Sermons and soda water the day after.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
It was a wine jar when the molding began: as the wheel runs round why does it turn out a water pitcher?
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
There are no standards of taste in wine, cigars, poetry, prose, etc. Each man’s own taste is the standard, and a majority vote cannot decide for him or in any slightest degree affect the supremacy of his own standard
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Wine is bottled poetry.
—Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94) Scottish Novelist
The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learnt to cultivate the olive and the wine.
—Thucydides (c.455?c.400 BCE) Greek Historian
You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.
—Omar Khayyam (1048–1123) Persian Mathematician
If penicillin can cure those that are ill, Spanish sherry can bring the dead back to life.
—Alexander Fleming (1881–1955) Scottish Bacteriologist
A man will be eloquent if you give him good wine
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Friendship is the wine of life: but friendship new… is neither strong nor pure
—Edward Young (1683–1765) English Poet
And wine can of their wits the wise beguile, make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet
Before I was born my mother was in great agony of spirit and in a tragic situation. She could take no food except iced oysters and champagne. If people ask me when I began to dance, I reply, In my mother’s womb, probably as a result of the oysters and champagne – the food of Aphrodite.
—Isadora Duncan (1877–1927) American Dancer, Choreographer
Reality is an illusion that occurs due to a lack of wine.
—Anonymous
Let first the onion flourish there,
Rose among roots, the maiden-fair,
Wine-scented and poetic soul
Of the capacious salad bowl.
—Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94) Scottish Novelist
No nation is drunken where wine is cheap, and none sober where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage.
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) American Head of State, Lawyer
Burgundy for Kings, Champagne for Duchesses, and claret for Gentlemen
—French Proverb
Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough,
A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse – and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness –
And Wilderness is Paradise endow.
—Omar Khayyam (1048–1123) Persian Mathematician
To happy convents, bosomed deep in vines, Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines.
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet
I can certainly see that you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here would not know the difference between Bordeaux and Claret.
—John Cleese (b.1939) British Actor, Writer, Comic Innovator
No one that has drunk old wine wants new; for he says, The old is nice.
—Steven Wright (b.1955) American Comedian, Actor, Writer
Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
For a bad night, a mattress of wine
—Spanish Proverb
Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I will not look for wine.
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637) English Dramatist, Poet, Actor
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