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“A little saint best fits a little shrine, A little prop best fits a little vine, As my small cruse best fits my little wine.”

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Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick was an English poet, born on August 24, 1591, and died on October 15, 1674. His poetry is known for its concise and lively style, and has been widely appreciated by later generations. more

“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.”

Source: The complete Greek tragedies

“It was a wine jar when the molding began: as the wheel runs round why does it turn out a water pitcher?”

Doe Running Turns Water Wine Rounds Wheels Pitcher Jars Molding

Author:Horace

“One should write not unskillfully in the running hand, be able to sing in a pleasing voice and keep good time to music; and, lastly, a man should not refuse a little wine when it is pressed upon him.”

Men Should Writing Littles Hands Running Able Voice Wine Refuse Good Times Grapes Vineyards Good Wine

Book:Essays in Idleness

Source: Essays in Idleness

“A cup of hot wine with not a drop of allaying Tiber in 't.”

Hot Wine Cups Wine With Friends Wine And Friends

Author:William Shakespeare

“Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine.”

Wine Meat

Book:Selections from the Hesperides and Works of Robert Herrick

Source: Selections from the Hesperides and Works of Robert Herrick

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