Appreciating old wine is like making love to a very old lady. It is possible. It can even be enjoyable. But it requires a bit of imagination.
Seamen three! what men be ye? Gotham's three Wise Men we be. Whither in your bowl so free? To rake the moon from out the sea. The bowl goes trim. The moon doth shine, And our ballast is old wine.
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken.
Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.
Beer is made by men, wine by God.
Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul.
It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
Life is too short to drink bad wine.
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.
Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain
When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
Wine ... offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than possibly any other purely sensory thing which may be purchased.
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.
One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives dull care away, and teaches new means for the accomplishment of our wishes.
To take wine into your mouth is to savor a droplet of the river of human history.
Where there is no wine there is no love.
A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover.
It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.
I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others.
When there is plenty of wine, sorrow and worry take wing.
An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was poured on his lips to revive him.
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