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.
Your lips and mine, two sips of wine, memories are made of this.
Song: Memories Are Made Of This
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.
Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Writings”, Library of America
I'm only a beer teetotaler, not a champagne teetotaler; I don't like beer.
Candida (1898) act 3
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
Ah! How sweet coffee tastes! Lovelier than a thousand kisses, sweeter far than muscatel wine!
"Coffee Cantata". Cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach (libretto), 1732.
Derek Walcott (2014). “The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013”, p.227, Macmillan
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.