Quotes on Bacchus

Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape_x000D_ _x000D_ Crush'd the sweet poison of misused wine.

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.

Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken.

Wine is sunlight, held together by water.

Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used.

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

I love drinking now and then. It defecates the standing pool of thought. A man perpetually in the paroxysm and fears of inebriety is like a half-drowned stupid wretch condemned to labor unceasingly in water; but a now-and-then tribute to Bacchus is like the cold bath, bracing and invigorating.