Great Wine Quotes - Page 2

• I am falser than vows made in wine.

  William Shakespeare

  Wine, Vineyards, Drink

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 5, l. [72]

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• The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Funny, Witty, Stars

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• A man will be eloquent if you give him good wine.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Wine, Men, Giving

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.329, Harvard University Press

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• What is man, when you come to think upon him, but a minutely set, ingenious machine for turning with infinite artfulness, the red wine of Shiraz into urine?

  Isak Dinesen

  Wine, Men, Thinking

  Seven Gothic Tales "The Dreamers" (1934)

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• By making this wine known to the public, I have rendered my country as great a service as if I had enabled it to pay back the national debt.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Country, Food, Wine

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• I can certainly see that you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn't know the difference between Bordeaux and Claret.

  John Cleese

  Wine, Differences, Vineyards

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• I like on the table, when we're speaking, the light of a bottle of intelligent wine.

  Pablo Neruda

  Wine, Intelligent, Light

  Pablo Neruda, Margaret Sayers Peden (2000). “Selected Odes of Pablo Neruda”, p.167, Univ of California Press

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• I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

  W. C. Fields

  Funny, Witty, Drinking

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• We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.

  Eduardo Galeano

  Love, Wine, Kissing

  "The Book of Embraces" by Eduardo Galeano, translated by Cedric Belfrage, 1991.

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  Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Funny, Witty, Clever

  Ernest Hemingway (2008). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, Ecco

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• Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

  Pope John XXIII

  Birthday, Drinking, Wine

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• One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.

  Samuel Johnson

  Mistake, Drinking, Food

  "Life of Samuel Johnson". Book by James Boswell. Volume II, p. 659, 1791.

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• Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

  Ben Jonson

  Romantic, Food, Wine

  "To Celia" l. 1 (1616).

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• Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Sympathy, Condolences, Wine

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• Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.

  Louis Pasteur

  Food, Drinking, Health

  Etudes sur le vin Pt 1, Ch. 2, Sect. B

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• Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.

  Joan Collins

  Funny, Birthday, Wine

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• He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.

  Martin Luther

  Love, Life, Song

  "Luther's Works: Table talk".

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• Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile

  Homer

  Wise, Wine, Vineyards

  Homer (2013). “The Odyssey: The Story of Odysseus”, p.278, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, sermons and soda water the day after.

  Lord Byron

  Laughter, Drinking, Food

  'Don Juan' (1819-24) canto 2, st. 178

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• Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Appreciation, Wine, Civilization

  Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.2197, Simon and Schuster

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• Beer is made by men, wine by God.

  Martin Luther

  Drinking, Wine, Beer

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• Give me wine to wash me clean of the weather-stains of cares

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Wine, Weather, Giving

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Emerson: Poems”, p.36, Everyman's Library

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• Either give me more wine or leave me alone.

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Wine

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• Life is too short to drink bad wine.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life Is Too Short, Wine, Vineyards

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• A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover.

  Clifton Fadiman

  Wine, Bottles, Vineyards

  Clifton Fadiman, Sam Jay Aaron, Darlene Geis (1977). “Wine Buyers Guide”, Harry N Abrams Incorporated

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