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Religious literature3 quotes
Use a little wine for thy stomach's sake. — 1st Timothy 5:23 · 64Give 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 BCPhilosophical literature2 quotes
Bronze is a mirror of the face, wine of the mind. — AeschylusIt is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine. — Heraclitus · 480 BCComedy drama1 quote
I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing, how the sun was shining, if it rained. I like to think about all the people who tended and picked the grapes, and if it's an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now. — Maya Randall · 2004Comedy drama (film)1 quote
I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing, how the sun was shining, if it rained. I like to think about all the people who tended and picked the grapes, and if it's an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now. — Maya Randall · 2004Epic poem1 quote
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 BCFood writing1 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 · 1825Road movie1 quote
I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing, how the sun was shining, if it rained. I like to think about all the people who tended and picked the grapes, and if it's an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now. — Maya Randall · 2004