“to grow old is to have taken away, one by one, all gifts of life, the food and wine, the music and the company. ... the gods unloose, one by one, the mortal fingers that cling to the edge of the table.” GrowsCompanyTakenTablesWineAgingFingersEdgesMortalsFood And WineGifts Of Life Book:Three kingdoms Source: Three kingdoms
“Two of the actors, Sean Bean and Orlando Bloom, have been caught between two landslides and are now trapped in a tiny town in the middle of the South Island. They have been taken in by a kindly woman who has offered them food and a bed. They were last reported to be cooking spaghetti and cracking into a bottle of red wine.” Has BeensTwoLastsActorsTakenMiddleBedRedTownsCookingWineSouthCaughtTinyIslandsBottlesTrappedBeansSeanSpaghettiRed WineOrlandoLandslides Author:Peter Jackson
“But the fact is that when wine is taken in moderation, it gives rise to a large amount of breath, whose character is balanced, and whose luminosity is strong and brilliant. Hence wine disposes greatly to gladness, and the person is subject to quite trivial exciting agents. The breath now takes up the impression of agents belonging to the present time more easily than it does those which relate to the future; it responds to agents conducive to delight rather than those conducive to a sense of beauty.” GivingPersonsDoeCharacterFactsStrongTakenSubjectsAmountExcitingBreathsWineDelightBrilliantImpressionAgentsRelateBelongingBalancedModerationGladnessPresent Time Book:The Canon of Medicine of Avicenna Source: The Canon of Medicine of Avicenna
“A gentleman who for reasons of chivalry I shall not mention, but who occupied grand office, and who had taken grandly of wine and allowed veritas to overcome him, went up to the Prime Minister and told her he had always fancied her, to which the Prime Minister replied, "Quite right - you have very good taste but I just don't think you would make it at the moment.” ThinkingReasonMomentsTakenTasteOfficeOvercomingWineVery GoodMinistersGentlemanPrimePrime MinisterGood TasteChivalryFlirtation Author:Nicholas Fairbairn