Wine Quotes by Horace

To drink away sorrow.

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Be smart, drink your wine.

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Wine unlocks the breast.

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“Now is the time to drink!”

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By wine eating cares are put to flight. [Lat., Vino diffugiunt mordaces curae.]

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Smooth out with wine the worries of a wrinkled brow.

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Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.

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Now drown care in wine. [Lat., Nunc vino pellite curas.]

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The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.

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No poem was ever written by a drinker of water.

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Who after wine, talks of wars hardships or of poverty.

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Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.

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It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to the exciting influence of the grape.

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Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine…

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Who prates of war or want after his wine? [Lat., Quis post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat?]

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What does drunkenness not accomplish? It unlocks secrets, confirms our hopes, urges the indolent into battle, lifts the burden from anxious minds,…

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Let those who drink not, but austerely dine, dry up in law; the Muses smell of wine.

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It was a wine jar when the molding began: as the wheel runs round why does it turn out a water pitcher?

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What does drunkenness accomplish? It discloses secrets, it ratifies hopes, and urges even the unarmed to battle.

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Never inquire into another man's secret; bur conceal that which is intrusted to you, though pressed both be wine and anger to…

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Think of the wonders uncorked by wine! It opens secrets, gives heart to our hopes, pushes the cowardly into battle, lifts the…

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What wonders does not wine! It discloses secrets; ratifies and confirms our hopes; thrusts the coward forth to battle; eases the anxious…

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Not even for an hour can you bear to be alone, nor can you advantageously apply your leisure time, but you endeavor,…

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O drink is mighty! secrets it unlocks, Turns hope to fact, sets cowards on to box, Takes burdens from the careworn, finds…

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Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives dull care…

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Come boy, and pour for me a cup Of old Falernian. Fill it up With wine, strong, sparkling, bright, and clear; Our…

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The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it was first seasoned.

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Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul.

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Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy all-powerful influence?

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