Fire tests metal, wine tests men. – Japanese proverb
Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. – Japanese Proverb

Fire tests metal, wine tests men. – Japanese proverb
Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. – Japanese Proverb
I will master something, then the creativity will come. – Japanese Proverb
Man drinks wine, then wine drinks wine, then wine drinks man. – Japanese proverb
For some obscure reason, some authorities seem bent on making the drinking of wine a ritual more complicated than chess. They have succeeded in inhibiting a large section of the public and depriving them of one of the greatest pleasures known to man. – Craig Claiborne, New York Times Cookbook