“The divergence of religions, cultures and opinions takes us apart, while the spiritual powers of wine unite us all.”

“Do not get drunk often, lest you go mad.”

“Serving-boy, fill for me stronger cups of old Falernian,
since Postumia, the mistress’s, laws demand it,
she who’s juicier than the juicy grape.
But you water, fatal to wine, away with you:
far off, wherever, be off to the strict.
This wine is Bacchus’s own.”

“Come, boy, you who serve out the old Falernian,
fill up stronger cups for me,
as the law of Postumia, mistress of the revels, ordains,
Postumia more tipsy than the tipsy grape.
But water, begone, away with you, water,
destruction of wine, and take up abode
with scrupulous folk. This is the pure Thyonian god.”

“Let us celebrate with wine and sweet words.” – Titus Maccius Plautus

“Truth comes out in Wine” – Pliny the Elder

Wine was once said to have purifying qualities, both for the body and for the soul.

“In vino veritas est, in aqua sanitas. (In wine there is truth, in water there is health.)” – Pliny the Elder

“Wine fills the heart with courage.” – Plato

“Where there is no wine there is no love.”