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James Howell

"French wines may be said but to pickle meat in the stomach, but this is the wine that digests, and doth not only breed good blood, but it nutrifieth also, being a glutinous substantial liquor; of this wine, if of any other, may be verified that merry induction: That good wine makes good blood, good blood causeth good humors, good humors cause good thoughts, good thoughts bring forth good works, good works carry a man to heaven, ergo, good wine carrieth a man to heaven."

Source : James Howell (1726). “Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ: Familiar Letters Domestick and Foreign, Divided Into Four Books; Partly Historical, Political, Philosophical. Upon Emergent Occasions”, p.366

James Howell

#Wine Quotes #Men Quotes #Blood Quotes

“My English is not very good-looking.”
“I never share credit or desserts.”
“Sometimes you have to wander around until you find where you really belong. And sometimes it's right where you started.”
“Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.”
“Since a camera is something too heavy for women and initially made for men, you need a good cameraman.”
“I feel sick if I have to do something for the money. I can't breathe. I'm not proud of myself.”
“I began plotting novels at about the time I learned to read . The story of my childhood is the usual bleak fantasy , and we can dismiss it with the restrained observation that I certainly would not consider living it again.”
“It is worth starting with visions, though, because they establish hopes and fears. History then determines which prevail.”

Source : John Lewis Gaddis (2006). “The Cold War: A New History”, p.10, Penguin

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