 |
|
|
|
Quotes about wine
|
|
Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an ornament in the slightest ceremonials of French daily life, from the snack to the feast, from the conversation at the local caf to the speech at a formal dinner. (Marley Bob)
I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of human kind, wine and women, which have infatuated and besotted myriads of people. They go commonly together. (Marley Bob)
It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine. (Marley Bob)
Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has repressed. It only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost. (Marley Bob)
| |
Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others... This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. (Marley Bob)
You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse. (Marley Bob)
Water for oxen, wine for kings. (Marley Bob)
If you have a grateful heart (which is a miracle amongst you statesmen), show it by directing the bearer to the best wine in town, and pray let not this highest point of sacred friendship be performed slightly, but go about it with all due deliberation and care, as holy priests to sacrifice, or as discreet thieves to the wary performance of burglary and shop-lifting. Let your well-discerning palate (the best judge about you) travel from cellar to cellar and then from piece to piece till it has lighted on wine fit for its noble choice and my approbation. (Marley Bob)
Nothing equals the joy of the drinker, except the joy of the wine in being drunk. (Marley Bob)
I'm really, really dumb about describing wine, but I like wine that's full-bodied and dry. (Marley Bob)
“Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.” (Marley Bob)
A little wine sometimes, that’s all. Spirits (are) bad. Alcohol wrong. Herb does grow (Marley Bob)
|
|
|
