"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

#Drinking Quotes #Wine Quotes #Criminals Quotes

“What harm is there in making 100,000 people happy on a hot summer afternoon?”
“No amount of saying â€˜I love youâ€™ and â€˜I trust youâ€™ makes it true when it isnâ€™t.”
“If you #â€Ž love love, look for yourself.”
“I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise that provides secure retirement benefits for all, especially those who are most at risk such as widows, orphans, and people with disabilities when the need arises.”
“I wanted to put a sheet in explaining what all the songs are about, but they didn't do it.”
“Let us leave the cure of public evils to those quacks, the statesmen.”
“You can't always relate to the big action things, but you can relate to small moments.”
“To my mind, healing means returning a malfunctioning human body to full unrestricted function, not to remove parts of it by operation or amputation”

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