It is the thing that is most remote from the world in which we ourselves live that attracts us most. We are under the spell of what is distant from us. It is not our nature to desire passionately what… — Alec Waugh Copy Share Image
To be excited and at the same time satisfied; to desire and possess -that has been described somewhere as the wise man's idea of… — Alec Waugh Copy Share
By comparing what we know today with what the ancients appear to have known we can guess at the kinds of wine they drank. — Alec Waugh Copy Share
There is so little time for the discovery of all that we want to know about things that really interest us.We cannot afford to… — Alec Waugh Copy Share
There is a case, and a strong case, for that particular form of indolence that allows us to move through life knowing only what… — Alec Waugh Copy Share
A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause… — Alec Waugh Copy Share
I am prepared to believe that a dry martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does for the soul. — Alec Waugh Copy Share
It is the thing that is most remote from the world in which we ourselves live that attracts us most. We are under the… — Alec Waugh Copy Share
We need not be intimidated by the wine snob because we know that, in the last analysis, he is only putting on a front.… — Alec Waugh Copy Share
