Drinking Quote by George Orwell

“About the same time one Purderve was put to death, for saying privately to a priest, after he had drunk the wine, "He blessed…

— John Foxe

“Why, when a man has friends, they are not only to offer him a glass of wine, but, moreover, to prevent his swallowing three…

— Alexandre Dumas

“When he looked back at the menu as an old man, it brought back everything; the food, the wine, the private dining room, the…

— Anne Fadiman

“On the occasions where we do have to participate, to do more than nothing, it is desirable to have a glass of wine to…

— Amy Krouse Rosenthal

“Let me tell you something you probably already know. It's that second cork that should remain in the neck of the bottle. You can…

— Dorothea Benton Frank

“Some very elegant dishes were served up to himself and a few more of us, whilst those placed before the rest of the company…

— Pliny the Younger

“The more he drank the nicer he became; wine revealed his charity.”

— Jeet Thayil

“No thing more excellent nor more valuable than wine was ever granted mankind by God.”

— Plato

“The Lord of gladness delights in the laughter of a merry heart. These wedding guests could have done without wine, surely without more wine…

— George MacDonald

“Come here, Grimaud," said Athos. To punish you for having spoken without leave my friend, you must eat this piece of paper: then, to…

— Alexandre Dumas

He said that few people had intellectual resources sufficient to forgo the pleasures of wine. They could not otherwise contrive how to fill the…

— Samuel Johnson

“Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress; let them drink and forget their poverty and…

— Proverbs 31 67