Appetite Quote by Pliny the Elder

Wine stimulates the mind and makes it quick with heat; care flees and is dissolved in much drink.

— Ovid

Wine has a drastic, an astringent taste. I cannot help wincing as I drink. Ascent of flowers, radiance and heat, are distilled here to…

— Virginia Woolf

Wine brightens the life and thinking of anyone

— Thomas Jefferson

Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives dull care away, and…

— Horace

Wine, like the rising sun, possession gains, And drives the mist of dullness from the brains, The gloomy vapor from the spirit flies, And…

— George Crabbe

Wine, like life, is meant to be enjoyed.

— Richard Branson

While wine may be only a drink, it is also one of the most complex sensory pleasures we enjoy. It is as cerebral as…

— Natalie MacLean

Wine heightens indifference into love, love into jealousy, and jealousy into madness. It often turns the good-natured man into an idiot, and the choleric…

— Joseph Addison

Wine prepares the heart for love, unless you take too much.

— Ovid

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

— Ovid

Everything's better with some wine in the belly.

— Anonymous

Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.

— Pliny the Elder