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Wine15 quotes
Use a little wine for thy stomach's sake. — 1st Timothy 5:23 · 64The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken. — Homer · 700 BCTake counsel in Wine, but resolve afterwards in Water. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733Bronze is a mirror of the face, wine of the mind. — AeschylusLet us have wine and women, mirth and laughter,
Sermons and soda-water the day after. — Lord Byron · 1819Wine is wont to show the mind of a man. — Theognis of Megara · 485 BCAll 15 quotes →Alcohol13 quotes
The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken. — Homer · 700 BCTake counsel in Wine, but resolve afterwards in Water. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733Bronze is a mirror of the face, wine of the mind. — AeschylusLet us have wine and women, mirth and laughter,
Sermons and soda-water the day after. — Lord Byron · 1819Wine is wont to show the mind of a man. — Theognis of Megara · 485 BCWine may well be considered the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages. — Louis Pasteur · 1873All 13 quotes →Effects of alcohol3 quotes
The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken. — Homer · 700 BCIt is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine. — Heraclitus · 480 BCWine that maketh glad the heart of man. — Psalm 104:15 · 450 BCIn vino veritas3 quotes
Bronze is a mirror of the face, wine of the mind. — AeschylusWine is wont to show the mind of a man. — Theognis of Megara · 485 BCIt is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine. — Heraclitus · 480 BCGetting drunk2 quotes
A bottle of wine was good company. — Ernest Hemingway · 1926Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. — Proverbs 31:6 · 686 BCAlchol1 quote
Use a little wine for thy stomach's sake. — 1st Timothy 5:23 · 64Alcohol as balm1 quote
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. — Proverbs 31:6 · 686 BCBooks1 quote
Age, that Age appeared
to be best in four things: Old
Wood best to burn, Old Wine to drink, Old
Friends to trust, and old Authors to read. — Francis Bacon · 1625Drinking alcohol1 quote
Your true amateur sips his wine; as he lingers over each separate mouthful, he obtains from each the sum total of pleasure that he would have experienced had he emptied his glass at a single draught. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin · 1825Friends1 quote
Age, that Age appeared
to be best in four things: Old
Wood best to burn, Old Wine to drink, Old
Friends to trust, and old Authors to read. — Francis Bacon · 1625Good company1 quote
A bottle of wine was good company. — Ernest Hemingway · 1926Old things1 quote
Age, that Age appeared
to be best in four things: Old
Wood best to burn, Old Wine to drink, Old
Friends to trust, and old Authors to read. — Francis Bacon · 1625Parties1 quote
Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter,
Sermons and soda-water the day after. — Lord Byron · 1819Water vs. wine1 quote
Take counsel in Wine, but resolve afterwards in Water. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733Women1 quote
Women and wine should life employ.
Is there ought else on earth desirous? — John Gay · 1728