"It is nobler to visit a house of mourning than a house of feasting." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 2
"Where there is no wine, drugs are necessary." ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra 58b
"Wine is an unreliable messenger! I sent it down to my stomach, and it went up to my head!" ~~ Al-Harizi, Tahkemoni
"Food to a man is like oil to a lamp." ~~ Yehuda Ben Harosh
"Talk not while you eat, lest windpipe anticipate gullet (and life be in danger)!" ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit
"Applicants for clothes are investigated, not applicants for food. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it. " ~~ Buddy Hackett
"As a seal of carnelian on a necklace of gold is a concert of music at a banquet of wine." ~~ Ben Sira
"If food, which is ephemeral, requires a blessing before and after you eat it, how much more so the Torah, which is everlasting! " ~~ Talmud, Berakkhot
"Give strong drink to the lost and wine to those in dire distress!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 31:6
"To break the barrel and keep its wine. [You cannot eat your cake and have it.]" ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"As wine enlivens the heart, so do the words of the Torah." ~~ Song of Songs R.
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