Sayings about Wine
Women and wine rid a man of his common sense. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Vodka is the aunt of wine. ~ Russian Proverbs
Old truths, old laws, old friends, old books, and old wine are best. ~ Polish Proverbs
To a man wine is like water is to the boat; it can carry him or guzzle him up. ~ Thai Proverb
A good bottle of wine does not need a cork. ~ French Proverbs
Bread and wine start a banquet. ~ French Proverb
Drink wine, and have the gout; drink no wine, and have the gout too. ~ Traditional Proverb
Pretty wife, old wine — many friends. ~ Bulgarian Proverbs
Wine bears no blame — only the drunkard. ~ Russian Proverb
After the rain the grass will grow; after wine, conversation. ~ Swedish Proverbs
If you have money and wine, your friends will be many. ~ Chinese Proverbs
The rabbi drinks the wine and asks the others to be happy. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Man is like palm-wine: when young, sweet but without strength; in old age, strong but harsh. ~ Congolese Proverb
Good wine praises itself. ~ Dutch Proverbs
A barrel that contains the wine will retain the drop in its staves. ~ Irish Proverbs
Not wine, men intoxicate themselves; not vice, men entice themselves. ~ Chinese Proverb
When wine comes in, modesty leaves. ~ Italian Proverbs
It is better to have bread left over than to run short of wine. ~ Spanish Proverb
Where there is no wine, we need medicine. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Friendship with the French is like their wine; exquisite but short lived. ~ German Proverbs
Water for oxen, wine for kings. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Wine does not intoxicate a man — a man intoxicates himself. ~ Chinese Proverb
Extol the virtue of water, but drink wine. ~ Czech Proverb
Old wine is good for the stomach. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Wine that isn’t paid for is drunk twice. ~ Turkish Proverbs
God knows what will happen to women who drink wine, girls that speak old languages, and suns that set too early. ~ Breton Proverb
Some men will build a wine cellar when they have found just one grape. ~ Lebanese Proverbs
When you drink milk under the palm tree, people will say that it is palm wine. ~ Indian Proverbs
For a bad night, a mattress of wine. ~ Spanish Proverb
They forgive the wine but they hang the bottle. ~ French Proverb
One sip of wine is an antidote against death, cupfuls poison life. ~ Iranian Proverbs
Beautiful grapes often make poor wine. ~ French Proverb
No melon peddler cries, “Bitter melons.” No wine dealer says, “Sour wine. ~ Chinese Proverb
If you praise the man who taps the palm tree, he’ll put water in the palm wine. ~ Zanzibar Proverbs
Spilled wine is a sign of happiness, but break the bed and all will have long faces. ~ Spanish Proverb
When the wine is in, the wit is out. ~ English Proverbs
If the wine comes in, good sense goes out. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Where wine appears the doctor disappears. ~ French Proverb
Wine makes secrets float to the surface. ~ German Proverb
Wine tops the list of all medicines. ~ Hebrew Proverb
The matchmaker gets three cups of wine when he succeeds and three slaps on the cheek when he fails. ~ Korean Proverbs
If you see in your wine the reflection of a person not in your range of vision, don’t drink it. ~ Chinese Proverb
The barrel can only yield the wine that’s in it. ~ Corsican Proverb
Water teaches us to weep, wine teaches us to sing. ~ Polish Proverbs
Three glasses of wine end a hundred quarrels. ~ Chinese Proverb
Of wine the middle, of oil the top, and of honey the bottom is best. ~ English Proverb
A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds. ~ Chinese Proverb
Every wine would like to be port wine. ~ Portuguese Proverbs
No joy without wine. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Wine from a pot is better than water from a well. ~ Yugoslavian Proverb
Pastors come for your wine and officers for your daughters. ~ Dutch Proverb
When the wine is free even the judge drinks it. ~ Afghan Proverbs
A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine. ~ Italian Proverb
Drink a glass of wine after your soup and you will be stealing a ruble from the doctor. ~ Ukrainian Proverb
The first marriage is a plate of honey, the second a glass of wine, and the third is a cup of poison. ~ Serbian Proverb
Never listen to these three advisers: wine, the night, and love. ~ German Proverb
He who is drunk from wine can sober up, he who is drunk from wealth cannot. ~ African Proverb
Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden. ~ Chinese Proverb
Vinegar is the son of wine. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Every cask smells of the wine it contains. ~ Spanish Proverb
Wine lets secrets out. ~ Chinese Proverb
Old wine and friends improve with age. ~ Italian Proverb
A cask of wine works more miracles than a church full of saints. ~ Italian Proverb
The cart ruins the road, the woman the man, the water the wine. ~ French Proverb
Nothing equals the joy of the drinker, except the joy of the wine in being drunk. ~ French Proverb
Wine is water adulterated by foolish talk. ~ Japanese Proverb
Wine divulges truth. ~ Irish Proverb
If the wine bothers you while you work, stop working. ~ French Proverb
Drink water like an ox, wine like the king of Spain. ~ Italian Proverb
There are two kinds of Chinese: those who give wine and those who drink it. ~ Russian Proverb
Just as a medicine may not cure a serious illness, wine will certainly not dispel your grief. ~ Chinese Proverb
Where the hostess is beautiful the wine is tasty. ~ French Proverb
Tasty fish have to swim three times: once in the water, then in butter, and finally in wine. ~ Polish Proverb
There’s no harm in wine; it’s drunkenness that is at fault. ~ Russian Proverb
When your wine is finished, conversation ends; when your money has been spent, you lose your friends. ~ Serbian Proverb
Your own wealth is flowers and wine; the other man’s is but weeds. ~ Indian Proverb
Friends and wine should be old. ~ Spanish Proverb
Wine Quotes & Sayings
When the wine goes in, strange things come out. ~ Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
A new friend is like new wine; when it has aged you will drink it with pleasure. ~ Apocrypha
A sweetheart is a bottle of wine; a wife is a wine bottle. ~ Charles Baudelaire
Wine lead to folly, making even the wise to laugh immoderately, to dance, and to utter what had better have been kept silent. ~ Homer
The blood that is once inflamed with wine is apt to boil with rage. ~ Joseph Hall
Wine often turns the good-natured man into an idiot and the choleric into an assassin. ~ Joseph Addison
Although it is better to hide our ignorance, this is hard to do when we relax over wine. ~ Heraclitus of Ephesus
Drinking of wine maketh men to act like so many furies. ~ Nathaniel Morton
That is a treacherous friend whom you must always be on your guard. Such a friend is wine. ~ Christian Nestell Bovee
Drinking of wine brings poverty, shame, quarrels; leads to calumnious talk, unchastity, murder, and the loss of freedom, of honor, of understanding. ~ Tosafot
This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You don’t want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. You lose the taste. ~ Ernest Hemingway
It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. ~ Pliny the Elder
Wine makes a poor man rich in imagination, a rich man poor in reality. ~ Edward Parsons Day
Wine is a turncoat; first a friend, and then an enemy. ~ Henry Fielding
Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations. ~ Pliny the Elder
A hangover is the wrath of grapes. ~ Author Unknown
We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine. ~ Eduardo Galeano
Who loves not women, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long. ~ Martin Luther
Wine and other luxuries have a tendency to enervate the mind and make men less brave in battle. ~ Julius Caesar
Wine stimulates the mind and makes it quick with heat; care flees and is dissolved in much drink. ~ Ovid
Life is like wine, the longer you take to enjoy it the more chance you’ve got of tasting vinegar. ~ Author Unknown
When asked what kind of wine he liked to drink he replied, “That which belongs to another.” ~ Laertius Diogenes
The use of wine is quite superfluous to man. It is constantly followed by the expenditure of power. The drinker draws a bill on his health which must always be renewed. ~ Baron Justus von Liebig
From wine what sudden friendship springs? ~ John Gay
Wine is a cunning wrestler. ~ Plautus
Wine is bottled poetry. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Wine hath drowned more men than the sea. ~ Thomas Fuller
Wine and youth are fire upon fire. ~ Henry Fielding
Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be thine. ~ Wes Smith
Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter. Sermons and soda water the day after. ~ Lord Byronw
