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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it

Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others… This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. – Samuel Johnson

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Truth
Author
Samuel Johnson
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I hate a fellow whom pride, or cowardice, or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl; let him come out as I do, and bark. – Samuel Johnson

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Cowardice/Weakness
Author
Samuel Johnson
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Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price. – Samuel Johnson

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Labor
Author
Samuel Johnson
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Wine
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Its a na?ve domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think youll be amused by its presumption. – James Thurber

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Wine

The depth of experience fine wine can bring to a dinner, particularly [a bottle] that has been through the past 100 years, makes you take stock of your own life. – Neil deGrasse Tyson, quoted in The Wine Spectator, 2000 May 31st

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Wine
[A] hangover is the wrath of grapes. – Youngman 1987

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Wine

Drink—wine dissipates sorrow! – Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814), “Of the Sentiments of

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Wine

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One measure of your success will be the degree to which you build up others who work with you. While building up others, you will build up yourself. – James E. Casey

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Of all mechanics, of all servile handycrafts-men, a gamester is the vilest. But yet, as many of the quality are of the profession, he is admitted amongst the politest company. – John Gay

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