Adapted Quote by Plato

Wine gives great pleasure, and every pleasure is of itself a good. and A man should cultivate his mind so as to have that…

— Samuel Johnson

Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what…

— Samuel Johnson

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

— Ovid

Wine does but draw forth a man's natural qualities.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. Sometimes it does. But…

— James Boswell

Wine gives great pleasure; and every pleasure is of itself a good. It is a good, unless counterbalanced by evil.

— Samuel Johnson

Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.

— Samuel Johnson

Wine ...moderately drunken it doth quicken a man's wits, It doth comfort the heart.

— Andrew Boorde

Wine was created with man in mind, for his pleasure and relaxation, a balm to his good health.

— Andrew Sharp

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.

— Samuel Johnson

There is never the body of a man, how strong and stout soever, if it be troubled and inflamed, but will take more harm…

— Plutarch

The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.

— Pliny the Elder