“Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.”
— Paulo Coelho, Brida
“If we sip the wine, we find dreams coming upon us out of the imminent night.”
— D. H. Lawrence
“Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.”
— Louis Pasteur
“I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.”
— Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield
“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
“In wine, there’s truth.”
— Pliny the Elder, Natural History
“In victory you deserve Champagne. In defeat, you need it.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte
“A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.”
