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Wine Quotes - Page 2

We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.

"The Book of Embraces" by Eduardo Galeano, translated by Cedric Belfrage, 1991.

Espresso consumption is an aesthetic experience,like tasting a vintage wine or admiring a painting.

Andrea Illy, Rinantonio Viani (2005). “Espresso Coffee: The Science of Quality”, p.16, Academic Press

Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.37, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Frame your mind to mirth and merriment which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.

1593 Messenger to Sly.TheTaming of the Shrew, Induction 2, l.131-2.

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

Washington Irving (2015). “The Complete Works of Washington Irving: Short Stories, Plays, Historical Works, Poetry and Autobiographical Writings (Illustrated): The Entire Opus of the Prolific American Writer, Biographer and Historian, Including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Bracebridge Hall and many more”, p.217, e-artnow

The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.

"Thoughts of Eric Hoffer, Including: 'Absolute Faith Corrupts Absolutely'" by Eric Hoffer, The New York Times Magazine (p. 60), April 25, 1971.