George Herbert Quotes about Wine

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The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.

The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.

George Herbert

Wine, Doe, Bottles

"Jacula Prudentum" by George Herbert, 1651.

Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.

George Herbert

Wine, Old Friends, Provision

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.296

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love, or life.

George Herbert

Friendship, Wine, Literature

You cannot know wine by the barrell.

George Herbert

Wine, Knows

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.316

Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.

George Herbert

Wine, Tables, Creatures

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey (1868). “The Poetical Works of George Herbert: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes”, p.320

Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.

George Herbert

Wine, Men, Laughing

George Herbert (1857). “Works: In Prose & Verse”, p.321

Wine ever paies for his loding.

George Herbert

Wine

Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy). [Wine is a turncoat, first a friend, then an enemy.]

George Herbert

Wine, Enemy, Firsts

Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.

George Herbert

Wine, Cost

George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.178

Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.

George Herbert

Wine

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.355

Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv'n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?

George Herbert

Pain, Wine, Body

George Herbert (1809). “Herbert's Poems: with his Country Parson. A new edition to which is prefixed, the life of the author; from I. Walton”, p.78