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| “ | Mankind . . . possesses two supreme blessings. First of these is the goddess Demeter, or Earth whichever name you choose to call her by. It was she who gave to man his nourishment of grain. But after her there came the son of Semele, who matched her present by inventing liquid wine as his gift to man. For filled with that good gift, suffering mankind forgets its grief; from it comes sleep; with it oblivion of the troubles of the day. There is no other medicine for misery. | ” |
| — Euripides (c. 485 - 406 B.C.) The Bacchae [c. 407 B.C.], l. 274 |
Selected quote 2
| “ | Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used. | ” |
| — William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Othello II. iii. (315) |
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| “ | ... good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people. | ” |
| — William Shakespeare Henry VIII (play) |
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| “ | Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. | ” |
| — Thomas Aquinas |
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| “ | Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man. | ” |
| — Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary |
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| “ | I have often wondered what the vintners buy, one half so precious as the goods they sell | ” |
| — Omar Khayyam |
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| “ | Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favours what you do. | ” |
| — King James Bible Ecclesiastes 9:7 |
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| “ | Once... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were forced to live on nothing but food and water for days | ” |
| — W. C. Fields My Little Chickadee |
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| “ | A world without wine is a world without culture. | ” |
| — Shawn Grover [[1]] |