--- title: "1 Best wine Quotes By John Wilmot" description: "1 Best wine quotes by John Wilmot. Plus more from John Wilmot and more Best wine sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/john-wilmot-13308_best-wine_if-you-have-a-grateful-heart-which-is-a_2895792.jpg" --- > [If you have a grateful heart (which is a miracle amongst you statesmen), show it by directing the bearer to the best wine in town, and pray let not this highest point of sacred friendship be performed slightly, but go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/if-you-have-a-grateful-heart-which-is-a-miracle-amongst-you-statesmen/) [John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/john-wilmot-13308_best-wine_if-you-have-a-grateful-heart-which-is-a_2895792.jpg) ## More by John Wilmot > [“BOLLOXIMIAN: My pleasures for new cunts I will uphold, And have reserves of kindness for the old. I grant in absence dildo may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/bolloximian-my-pleasures-for-new-cunts-i-will-uphold-and-have/) [John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/) > [For Hell and the foul fiend that rules God's everlasting fiery jails (Devised by rogues, dreaded by fools), With his grim, grisly dog that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/for-hell-and-the-foul-fiend-that-rules-god-s-everlasting-fiery-jails/) [John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/) > [He never said a foolish thing nor never did a wise one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/he-never-said-a-foolish-thing-nor-never-did-a-wise-one/) [John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/) > [Love, the most generous passion of the mind The softest refuge innocence can find](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/love-the-most-generous-passion-of-the-mind-the-softest-refuge/) [John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/) > [God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/god-bless-our-good-and-gracious-king-whose-promise-none-relies-on-who/) [John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/) > [Nothing suits worse with vice than want of sense](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/nothing-suits-worse-with-vice-than-want-of-sense/) [John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/) > [“This signior is sound, safe, ready, and dumb As ever was candle, carrot, or thumb; Then away with these nasty devices, and show How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/this-signior-is-sound-safe-ready-and-dumb-as-ever-was-candle-carrot/) [John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/) > [Natural freedoms are but just: There's something generous in mere lust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/natural-freedoms-are-but-just-there-s-something-generous-in-mere-lust/) [John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/) > [I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear, or anything but that vain animal who is so proud of being rational.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/i-d-be-a-dog-a-monkey-or-a-bear-or-anything-but-that-vain-animal-who/) [John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/) > [Love's chemistry thrives best in equal heat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/love-s-chemistry-thrives-best-in-equal-heat/) [John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/) > [Tis a meaner part of sense to find a fault than taste an excellence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/tis-a-meaner-part-of-sense-to-find-a-fault-than-taste-an-excellence/) [John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/) > [Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/before-i-got-married-i-had-six-theories-about-bringing-up-children/) [John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/) > [The clog of all pleasure, the luggage of life, is the best can be said for a very good wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/the-clog-of-all-pleasure-the-luggage-of-life-is-the-best-can-be-said/) [John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/) > [“Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/before-i-got-married-i-had-six-theories-about-raising-children-now-i/) [John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/) > [E'en her fair hand, which might bid heat return To Frozen age, and make old hermits burn, Applied to my dead cinder, warms no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wilmot/e-en-her-fair-hand-which-might-bid-heat-return-to-frozen-age-and-make/) [John Wilmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wilmot/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best-wine/john-wilmot/#itemlist", "name": "1 Best wine Quotes By John Wilmot", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you have a grateful heart (which is a miracle amongst you statesmen), show it by directing the bearer to the best wine in town, and pray let not this highest point of sacred friendship be performed slightly, but go about it with all due deliberation and care, as holy priests to sacrifice, or as discreet thieves to the wary performance of burglary and shop-lifting. 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