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“This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.”
― Samuel Johnson, The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 2

“his lips drink water
but his heart drinks wine”
― E.E. Cummings

“In wine, there's truth.”
― Pliny the Elder, Pliny: Natural History IV

“There are thousands of wines that can take over our minds. Don't think all ecstasies are the same!”
― Jalaluddin Rumi

“The worst gift I was given is when I got out of rehab that Christmas; a bottle of wine. It was delicious.”
― Craig Ferguson

“Wine makes all things possible.”
― George R.R. Martin, The Mystery Knight

“But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword. As a mortal, I was never a great fighter or athlete or poet. I only made wine. The people in my village laughed at me. They said I would never amount to anything. Look at me now. Sometimes small things can become very large indeed.”
― Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth

“I was fairly poor
but most of my money went
for wine and
classical music.
I loved to mix the two
together.”
― Charles Bukowski, The Last Night of the Earth Poems

“A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover”
― Clifton Fadiman

“I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.”
― Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield

“Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.”
― Francis Bacon

“Wine enters through the mouth,
Love, the eyes.
I raise the glass to my mouth,
I look at you,
I sigh.”
― William Butler Yeats

“I like on the table,
when we're speaking,
the light of a bottle
of intelligent wine.”
― Pablo Neruda

“Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized.”
― Andre Simon