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Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for

Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an ornament in the slightest ceremonials of French daily life, from the snack to the feast, from the conversation at the local caf? to the speech at a formal dinner. – Roland Barthes

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The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped short? His entire policy would be jeopardized! – Roland Barthes

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Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive. – Roland Barthes

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Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has repressed. It only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost. – Samuel Johnson

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Water for oxen, wine for kings. – Proverb

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There are spunky little angels at the top of a bottle of wine and fearless little devils at the bottom. – Terri Guillemets

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A cup of wine is medicine, a gallon of wine is ruin. – Korean proverb

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A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns. – Maurice Strong

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The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God. – Charles Stanley

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