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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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Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to a formula. – 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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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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A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner. “Much obliged,” said he, pushing the plate aside; “I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills.” – Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, A Handbook of Gastronomy (Physiologie du goût), 1825,

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This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You dont want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. You lose the taste. – Ernest Hemingway

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Wine is how classy people get wasted. – Author Unknown

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