Brandy Quote by Samuel Johnson

No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the…

— James Boswell

“No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.”

— Samuel Johnson

He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker must drink claret.

— Samuel Johnson

My friends should drink a dozen of Claret on my Tomb.

— John Keats

Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some…

— Edmund Burke

Wine is the benevolent god, who gives back gaiety to men and restores youth to the old.

— Michel de Montaigne

If Claret is the king of natural wines, Burgundy is the queen.

— Moliere

I can certainly see that you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn't know the difference between Bordeaux and Claret.

— John Cleese

BRANDY, n. A cordial composed of one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the- grave and four parts clarified…

— Ambrose Bierce

The sot drinks, and is drunken: the coward drinks not, and shivers: the wise man, brave and free, drinks, and gives glory to the…

— Aleister Crowley

“French soldiers literally drank the entire day, beginning with wine (un pauvre larme – “a little teardrop”), progressing to spirits (le café le pousse-café),…

— Geoffrey Wawro

Wine gives strength to weary men.

— Homer