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Clifton Fadiman was an American intellectual, editor, and writer renowned for his contributions to literature and culture. Born on May 15, 1904, and passing away on June 20, 1999, Fadiman's career spanned several decades, during which he made significant impacts on the literary world.

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“Wine is poetry in a bottle.”

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“If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul.”

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“To take wine into your mouth is to savor a droplet of the river of human history.”

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

Source: Wine Buyers Guide

“Wine is a civilizing agent.”

Book:Any Number Can Play

Source: Any Number Can Play

“Name me any liquid — except our own blood — that flows more intimately and incessantly through the labyrinth of symbols we have conceived to mark our status as human beings, from the rudest peasant festival to the mystery of the Eucharist.”

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“The drinking of wine seems to me to have a moral edge over many pleasures and hobbies in that it promotes love of one's neighbor.”

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Book:Wine Buyers Guide

Source: Wine Buyers Guide

“A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover. The social emotions it generates are equidistant from the philatelist's solitary gloating and the football fan's gregarious hysteria.”

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Book:Wine Buyers Guide

Source: Wine Buyers Guide

About the Author

Born: May 15, 1904
Died: June 20, 1999
Known for: Intellectual
Quotes: 58

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