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Classical antiquity4 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 BCBronze 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 BCOld Testament Era2 quotes
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. — Proverbs 31:6 · 686 BCWine that maketh glad the heart of man. — Psalm 104:15 · 450 BCColonial America1 quote
Take counsel in Wine, but resolve afterwards in Water. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733New Testament Era1 quote
Use a little wine for thy stomach's sake. — 1st Timothy 5:23 · 64The Renaissance1 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 · 1625