Tea Quotes

994 Tea quotes by 709 unique authors

Sassafras wood boiled down to a kind of tea, and tempered with an infusion of milk and sugar hath to some a delicacy beyond the… — Charles Lamb
I believe it is customary in good society to take some slight refreshment at five o'clock. — Oscar Wilde
Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and clears… — Confucius
Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade And keeps that palace of the soul serene. — Edmund Waller
This meal happened to be a make-believe tea, and they sat round the board guzzling in their greed; and really, what with their chatter and… — James M. Barrie
The British have an umbilical cord which has never been cut and through which tea flows constantly. It is curious to watch them in times… — Marlene Dietrich
I am not interested in immortality but only in tea flavour. — Lu Tong
Talk and tea is his specialty," said Giles. "He has about five cups of tea a day. But he works splendidly when we are looking. — Agatha Christie
And so it continued all day, wynde after wynde, From a room beyond came the whistle of a teakettle. Now, you really must join me.… — Martha Grimes
While we got hotter and thirstier as the heat beat down on us. The somebody would call in a voice full of elation — Arthur Godfrey
'The tea is coming!' ...she may want a martini, but make her drink tea. — Unknown Author
It was as if we were at the heart of a maze. We were overwhelmed by the enormity of the tasks ahead. Mary had given… — Niall Williams
When all is complete deep in the teapot, when tea, mint, and sugar have completely diffused throughout the water, coloring and saturating it...then a glass… — Unknown Author
He boils milk with fresh ginger, a quarter of a vanilla bean, and tea that is so dark and fine-leaved that it looks like black… — Peter HÃ¸eg
The Infusion of a China plant sweetened with the pith of an Indian Cane. — Joseph Addison
Tea is an affront to lunch and an insult to dinner. — Mark Twain
I turned on the pillow with a little moan, and at this juncture Jeeves entered with the vital oolong. I clutched at it like a… — P.G. Wodehouse
There would have to be bread, some rich, whole-grain bread and zwieback, and perhaps on a long, narrow dish some pale Westphalian ham laced with… — Rainer Maria Rilke
White pudding and eggs and sausages and cups of tea! How simple and beautiful was life after all! — James Joyce
Tea, although an OrientalIs a gentleman at least;Cocoa is a cad and coward,Cocoa is a vulgar beast. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
What part of confidante has that poor teapot played ever since the kindlyplant was introduced among us. Why myriads of women have cried over it,… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Free yourself from the slavery of tea and coffee and other slop kettles! — William Cobbett
When you see the natural and almost universal craving in English sick for their 'tea,' you cannot but feel that nature knows what she is… — Florence Nightingale
Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery… — Okakura Kakuzo
Tea's proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will… — Samuel Johnson

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