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“A carbonated wine foisted upon Americans (who else would drink it?) by winery ad agencies as a way of getting rid of inferior champagne by mixing it with inferior burgundy.”

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Author:John Ciardi

“The champagne was flowing like the Potomac in flood.”

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Author:Ben Bradlee

“The food of thy soul is light and space; feed it then on light and space. But the food of thy body is champagne and oysters; feed it then on champagne and oysters; and so shall it merit a joyful resurrection, if there is any to be.”

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Book:Pierre, Or The Ambiguities: Volume Seven, Scholarly Edition

Source: Pierre, Or The Ambiguities: Volume Seven, Scholarly Edition

“The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne.”

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Book:The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals

Source: The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals

“After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.”

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Author:P. J. O'Rourke

“A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.”

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Book:The Sayings of Lord Byron

Source: The Sayings of Lord Byron

“My only regret in life is that I did not drink more wine.”

“Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.”

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Author:Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

“The Spanish wine, my God, it is foul, catpiss is champagne compared, this is the sulphurous urination of some aged horse.”

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Author:D. H. Lawrence

“If you're given champagne at lunch, there's a catch somewhere.”

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Author:Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons

“Champagne had the taste of an apple peeled with a steel knife.”

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Author:Aldous Huxley

“Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.”

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Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower