The love of wine surpasses generations and is woven throughout history. Surely, the nectar of the gods deserves a hearing, as we found so many wonderful quotes about the love of wine, and have listed them for you below:
1. “To take wine into your mouth is to savour a droplet of the river of human history.”
- Clifton Fadiman, N. Y. Times, 8 Mar ‘87 – No one is quite sure when the first wine was brewed, and it could be as early as 5000BC. A much loved and everlasting drink.
2. “A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover.”
- Clifton Fadiman, N. Y. Times, 8 Mar ‘87 – Wine is a convivial drink, and makes the heart fill with generosity.
3. “The custom of saluting [i.e., embracing] ladies by their relatives and friends was introduced, it is said, by the early Romans, not out of respect originally, but to find by their breath whether they had been drinking wine, this being criminal for women to do, as it sometimes led to adultery.”
- Joseph Haydn – researching the love of wine in the 4th Century, uncovered something that is still perhaps, true today!
4. “Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used; exclaim no more against it.”
- William Shakespeare “Othello” Act II, Sc. 3, line 293 – Often we find out secrets when the tongue is loosened with wine.
5. “In wine there is truth.”
- Pliny The Elder [A.D.23-79] “Natural History,” Book XIV, Sect. 141 – One of the first antrhropologists, documented how wine was much loved among the people.
6. “Good wine needs neither bush nor preface to make it welcome.”
- Sir Walter Scott “Perveril of the Peak,” [1822] Chap. 4 – Famous for his atmospheric books, he was fond of drinking wine, any place, anytime.
7. “On one occasion someone put a very little wine into a glass, and said that it was sixteen years old. ‘It is very small for its age,’ said Gnathaena.”
- Athenaeus [c. A.D.200] “The Deipnosophists,” XIII, 47 – One of the earliest written down accounts of life in the 2nd century, refers to the admiration of wine and that wine is better with maturity.
8. “I drank at every vine. The last was like the first. I came upon no wine, so wonderful as thirst.”
-Edna St. Vincent Millay, ‘Feast,’ “The Harp-Weaver” (1923) – alluding to alcoholism, perhaps, where the love of wine goes too far, as it did for Millay’s Harp Weaver character.
9. “When wines were good they pleased my sense, cheered my spirits, improved my moral and intellectual powers, besides enabling me to confer the same benefits on other people.”
- George Saintsbury [1845-1913] “Notes on a Cellar Book” – People often reflect on how wine brings good company and good times.
10. “Wine is made to be drunk as women are made to be loved; profit by the freshness of youth or the splendour of maturity; do not await decrepitude.”
- Theophile Malvezin – comparing the fine taste of wine with how much variety there is to be had in loving another person.
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Mom wants to pay $10K toward our mortgage. She has been advised to dump some money or pay taxes. Our problem is that we have a small business which has incurred about 70K of credit card debt. We are current on everything but have gotten the shaft from the credit card companies and they have raised our rates double and on some triple. My husband wants to put the “extra” money toward the credit card debt with the highest interest (22%) but don’t know how much the mortgage payment will drop with 10K toward principal. We owe $136K on home with 6.375% rate. Please help.
I personally would not apply the money towards credit card debt in your situation, as it sounds like you might be headed toward bankruptcy. This is just my personal opinion, and I’m no expert, but common sense would seem to point towards paying down your mortgage. If you’re still confused about the situation, you need to talk to your tax advisor. Good luck!
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