Wine Quotes

1885 Wine quotes by 1010 unique authors

When thirsty grief in wine we steep, When healths and draughts go free, Fishes, that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty. — Richard Lovelace
Day and night my thoughts incline To the blandishments of wine, Jars were made to drain, I think; Wine, I know, was made to drink. — Richard Henry Stoddard
There is never the body of a man, how strong and stout soever, if it be troubled and inflamed, but will take more harm and… — Plutarch
Things of greatest profit are set forth with least price. Where the wine is neat there needeth no live blush. — John Lyly
Painting it was hard graft... in addition red, yellow, brown ochre, black, terra sienna, bistre, and the result is a red-brown that varies from bistre… — Vincent Van Gogh
Who could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions? — Hippocrates
Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee? Fed with nourishment divine, The dewy morning's gentle wine! Nature waits upon thee still, And… — Abraham Cowley
Good days are to be gathered like grapes, to be trodden and bottled into wine and kept for age to sip at ease beside the… — Freya Stark
Such a slender moon, going up and up, Waxing so fast from night to night, And swelling like an orange flower-bud, bright, Fated, methought, to… — Jean Ingelow
Sing! Who sings To her who weareth a hundred rings? Ah, who is this lady fine? The Vine, boys, the Vine! The mother of the… — Bryan Procter
The 'pure' red of which certain abstractionists speak does not exist. Any red is rooted in blood, glass, wine, hunters' caps and a thousand other… — Robert Motherwell
In a way, painting is like wine: it is as old, as simple, as primitive and as varied. Like wine, it is a very specific… — Robert Motherwell
To pick up a cigarette wrapper or wine label or an old letter or the end of a carton is my way of dealing with… — Robert Motherwell
Wine and other luxuries have a tendency to enervate the mind and make men less brave in battle. — Julius Caesar
When Christ at Cana's feast by pow'r divine, Inspir'd cold water, with the warmth of wine, See! cry'd they while, in red'ning tide, it gush'd,… — Aaron Hill
Funny you mention my dinner parties when I have just suggested that inviting close friends over to share a meal with candlelight and wine at… — Sally Quinn
There are some amazingly good wines for five dollars a bottle. — Karen MacNeil
You can't really prepare yourself for being greeted by a dozen Klingons drinking blood wine. So, it can be a bit off-putting coming in from… — Jeri Ryan
Taking our stand on the immovable rock of Christ's character we risk nothing in saying that the wine of miracle answered to the wine of… — Abraham Coles
Wine intoxicates for a time, but the end is bitterness. — Rachel RenÃ©e Russell
The most expensive bottle of wine ever sold - a 1787 Chateau Lafite Bordeaux, supposedly once the property of Thomas Jefferson... It was sold at… — Robert Genn
Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Nothing makes the future look so rosy as to contemplate it through a glass of Chambertin. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I was going home two hours ago, but was met by Mr. Griffith, who has kept me ever since. . . . I will come… — Richard Steele
Wine had such ill effects on Noah's health that it was all he could do to live 950 years. Show me a total abstainer that… — Will Rogers

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