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Quote by William Shakespeare

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

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William Shakespeare (1564 - April 23, 1616) was one of the greatest poets of the English Renaissance, renowned for his dramatic works. His plays spanned a variety of genres, including tragedy, comedy, and history, and have had a profound impact on literature worldwide. more

“Knowledge enormous makes a God of me. Names, deeds, gray legends, dire events, rebellions, Majesties, sovran voices, agonies, Creations and destroyings, all at once Pour into the wide hollows of my brain, And deify me, as if some blithe wine Or bright elixir peerless I had drunk, And so become immortal.”

Source: John Keats - The Man Behind The Lyrics: Life, letters, and literary remains: Complete Letters and Two Extensive Biographies of one of the most beloved English Romantic poets

“Upon the first goblet he read this inscription, monkey wine; upon the second, lion wine; upon the third, sheep wine; upon the fourth, swine wine. These four inscriptions expressed the four descending degrees of drunkenness: the first, that which enlivens; the second, that which irritates; the third, that which stupefies; finally the last, that which brutalizes.”

Firsts Lasts Four Degrees Thirds Wine Lions Sheep Fourth Monkeys Drunkenness Descending Swine Inscriptions

Book:Les Mis??rables

Source: Les Mis??rables

“Woman is the lesser man, and all thy passions, match'd with mine, Are as moonlight unto sunlight, and as water unto wine.”

Men Passion Water Mines Wine Sunlight Moonlight

Book:Fifty Poems

Source: Fifty Poems

“"It wasn't the wine," murmured Mr. Snodgrass, in a broken voice. "It was the salmon."”

Voice Broken Wine Salmon

Book:The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club

Source: The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club