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Wine: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Oculos et vestigia domini, res agro saluberrimas, facilius admittit. He allows very readily, that the eyes and footsteps of the master are things most salutary to the land.— COLUMELLA — De Re Rustica. IV. 18.

Caret periculo, qui etiam tutus cavet. He is free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard.— SYRUS — Maxims.

Fœcundi calices quem non fecere disertum. Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?— HORACE — Epistolæ. I. 5. 19.

Nunc vino pellite curas. Now drown care in wine.— HORACE — Carmina. I. 7. 32.

Quis post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat? Who prates of war or want after his wine? S.— HORACE — Carmina. I. 18. 5.

Spes donare novas largus, amaraque Curarum eluere efficax. Mighty to inspire new hopes, and able to drown the bitterness of cares.— HORACE — Carmina. IV. 12. 19.

In proverbium cessit, sapientiam vino adumbrari. It has passed into a proverb, that wisdom is overshadowed by wine. PLINY the Elder-Historia Naturalis. XXIII. 23.

Am Rhein, am Rhein, da wachsen uns're Reben. On the Rhine, on the Rhine, there grow our vines.— CLAUDIUS — Rheinweinlied.

Der Wein erfindet nichts, er schwatzt's nur aus. Wine tells nothing, it only tattles.— SCHILLER — Piccolomini. IV. 7. 42.