Quotes About Wine

And didst thou imbibe mighty potions from the fruit of the grape (...)? And hast thou one Ache, this morning (...) appertaining unto Head, and much repentance in thy Soul forsooth?

I set out on my trip, imbued with the spirit of old Omar: Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before we too into the Dust descend; Dust into Dust, and under Dust, to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and—sans End!

down at the human skull cradled in his palms. The skull was hollow, like a bowl, filled with bloodred wine. Drink it, he told himself. You have nothing to fear. As was tradition, he had begun this journey adorned in the ritualistic garb of a medieval heretic being led to the gallows, his loose-fitting shirt gaping open to reveal his pale chest, his

Quality wine, Scotch, and coffee had been the three irreplaceable commodities after the death of Old Earth.

"A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything."

It's true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

Wine works the heart up, wakes the wit, There is no cure 'gainst age but it

Do not be deceived by the outward appearance of age or youth - a new pitcher may be full of good, old wine, while an old one may be totally empty.

On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a [glass], and said that it was sixteen years old. 'It is very small for its age,' said Gnathaena.

Age can be wonderful for red wine, but not for spacecraft.

I go to Saint Barth in the French West Indies for two weeks each year. That place is amazing. Amazing people, beautiful beaches, great wine, wonderful harbors... It's incredibly romantic.

A lamplit table spread Old hospitality Of cheese and wine and bread. - 1993 V Remembering Evia

But the new generation had tasted the wine of philosophy; and from this time onward the rich youth of Rome went eagerly to Athens and Rhodes to exchange their oldest faith for the newest doubts.

Water is the usual drink, but everyone has wine, for no civilization has found life tolerable without narcotics or stimulants.

El mejor vino es el más viejo, la mejor agua es la más nueva.

Ich bin für gute Unterhaltung, feuchtfröhliche Abende, Intimität, vins rouges en carafe, Lesen, relative Einsamkeit, Straßenbekanntschaften … Ich bin für die europäischen Verworrenheiten, die unergründlichen und mannigfachen Schichtungen der Alten Welt, für den Norden, für die Welt der Gedanken. Ich bin für das Hôtel de la Louisiane.

When I occasionally begin to worry about how much wine I drink each day I console myself – or excuse myself – with the thought that I drink wine like a French person. It seems to me almost sinful to sit down to eat food without a glass of wine. And how does one signal the end of the working day without opening a bottle?

We have now decided that the poisoned cup is most likely in front of you. But the poison is powder made from iocane and iocane comes only from Australia and Australia, as everyone knows, is peopled with criminals and criminals are used to having people not trust them, as I don't trust you, which means I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.

The first bowl washed the cobwebs from my mind — The whole world seemed to sparkle. A second cleansed my spirit Like purifying showers of rain, A third and I was one of the Immortals — What need now for austerities To purge our human sorrows? Worldly people, by going in for wine, Sadly deceive themselves. For now I know the Way of Tea is real.

I move we get more wine,' Alistair said. 'What does the panel think?'... It was obvious that the entire war could be solved in this way. The trick would be to reach for a corkscrew instead, every time some brass hat ordered artillery.

I don't like you being there at night alone," Bonnie told her. "You should come over here and drink my wine." Harper shuddered. "No wine. Ever again. I'm on the wagon." "Coffee then," Bonnie said. "Chamomile tea. I don't care. I want to watch you being safe.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion. —OVID

Life is too short to drink the house wine.

Let me advise you, Madam, leave off your damn'd adulterated water, your tea, and take to wine. It will paint your face better than vermilion, and put more honesty in your heart than all the sermons you can read.