Wine Quotes

1885 Wine quotes by 1010 unique authors

Shall we not, then, lay down a law, in the first place, that boys shall abstain altogether from wine till their eighteenth year, thereby teaching… — Plato
Dinners are defined as 'the ultimate act of communion;' men that can have communion in nothing else, can sympathetically eat together, can still rise into… — Thomas Carlyle
The simplicity of winter has a deep moral. The return of Nature, after such a career of splendor and prodigality, to habits so simple and… — John Burroughs
The discovery of a grey hair when you are brushing out your whiskers of a morning—first fallen flake of the coming snows of age—is a… — Alexander Smith
The outer ring of Christianity is a rigid guard of ethical abnegations and professional priests; but inside that inhuman guard you will find the old… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Though a man excels in everything, unless he has been a lover his life is lonely, and he may be likened to a jewelled cup… — Yoshida Kenko
I would spend more time with my children. I would make my money before spending it. I would learn the joys of wine instead of… — John Huston
He whose mouth is out of taste says the wine is flat. — Michel de Montaigne
The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine; afterwards the constant weight of it brings forth bitterness, the taste and… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover. The social emotions it generates are equidistant from the… — Clifton Fadiman
And the small ripple spilt upon the beach Scarcely o'erpass'd the cream of your champagne, When o'er the brim the sparkling bumpers reach, That spring-dew… — Lord Byron
Let now the chimneys blaze And cups o’erflow with wine... The summer hath his joys, And winter his delights; Though love and all his pleasures… — Thomas Campion
For some obscure reason, some authorities seem bent on making the drinking of wine a ritual more complicated than chess. They have succeeded in inhibiting… — Craig Claiborne
You do not need to be an expert, or even particularly interested in wine, in order to enjoy drinking it. But tasting is not the… — Michael Broadbent
In order to try whether a vessel be leaky, we first prove it with water before we trust it with wine. — Charles Caleb Colton
Sir, I have no objection to a man's drinking wine, if he can do it in moderation. I found myself apt to go to excess… — Samuel Johnson
Flattery is like wine, which exhilarates a man for a moment, but usually ends by going to his head and making him act foolishly. — Helen Rowland
Lords are lordliest in their wine. — John Milton
I had a little epiphany when I was a writer at 'Chicago' magazine. I sat down to dinner at the Ritz-Carlton. Somebody poured a white… — Ted Allen
I think what I do differently from a lot of TV chefs is that I break down barriers and make fine food more accessible to… — Ted Allen
Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind. — Hafez
I drink the wine of aspiration and the drug of illusion. Thus I am never dull. — John Galsworthy
My favorite wines are Zinfandels. — Thomas Keller
Like Michelangelo and Cellini, Florentines of every station are absorbed in acquiring real estate: a little apartment that can be rented to foreigners; a farm… — Mary McCarthy
Our wine is bitter, but it is our wine. — Jose Marti

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