The Joys of Wine
Oh, I had forgotton the joys of wine!! I gave up alcohol for Lent and now Easter has arrived I can go back to enjoying an evening glass of J. P. Chenet with my Penne Arrabiata! And how I have missed the precious grape!! Banish all spirits and beer and I would hardly notice, but deprive me of red wine and I would truly be bereft! I am only glad that so many wise people agree with me!!
No thing more excellent nor more valuable than wine
was ever granted mankind by God.
Plato, 400 BC
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of good wine
St. Thomas Aquinas
Wine in itself is an excellent thing.
Pope Pius XII
God in His goodness sent the grape
To cheer both great and small;
Little fools will drink too much
And great fools none at all.
Anonymous
posted by Katrina @ 11:44 pm
8 comments
8 Comments:
More blogging? What is going on? I can hardly keep up!
All your wine quotes seem to be religious in some way. Hmmmm... I wonder why that is.
With only the slightest of research you will discover that my behaviour follows a rather predictable pattern. My very first blog was written this time last year, whilst I was in the middle of essay deadlines, just like I am now!! It's about procrastination and distraction and also in this instance about alleviating one's anxiety with wine!
Oh and I didn't deliberately try to find religious wine quotes, I just tried to find wine quotes - and they turned out to mention religion which I find very fascinating!! How's this for an theological argument;
1. Wine is good
2. Those that believe in God also believe wine is good
3. Therefore those that believe wine is good should believe in God.
4. Thus God exists
Good point. See you in church.
Hallo Katrina,
I have just found your blog today and can happily say that I am enjoying reading it. Of particular joy was this post on wine, which, by amazing coincidence, I have made mention of in my blog today. In fact, if you don't mind, I shall make use of those truly wise quotations!
In Christ,
dúnadan
Not at all Dunadan and welcome to my blog! I may steal your Belloc quotation in due course and leave some comments on your blog!
It's amazing, my blog hardly got any visitors until I went on a few Catholic blogs and now you Catholics are taking over - excellent!!! What part of London are are you from?
Not a particularly great wine I have to say...
Not a great wine I have to say...
Post a Comment
<< Home