"In Europe we thought of wine as something as healthy and normal as food and also a great giver of happiness and well being and delight. Drinking wine was not a snobbism or a sign of sophistication or a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary." - Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast .
“在欧洲,人们认为酒跟食物一样健康常见,同时也是带来幸福、安康与欢乐的好东西。喝酒并不代表这个人精于世故,也不代表他城府颇深或者是一名狂热分子;喝酒如同吃饭,是件很自然的事情,并且对我来说是必须的。”——厄纳斯特•海明威,《流动的盛宴》。
"I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary, it is a tax on the health of our citizens. Wine... the true old man's milk and restorative cordial." - Thomas Jefferson
“我认为,将酒类做为奢侈品一样课以重税大错特错。与此相反,这是对我们百姓健康的课税。酒……老人的牛奶和恢复活力的补品。”——托马斯•杰斐逊
"Wine is a living liquid containing no preservatives. Its life cycle comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death. When not treated with reasonable respect it will sicken and die." - Julia Child
“酒是一种不含防腐剂的生命之水。它的生命周期由青年期、成熟期、老年期和死亡几部分组成。如果未被给予适当的尊重,它将病弱和消亡。”——茱莉雅•柴尔德
"Drink wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep and you will not sin. Avoid sin, and you will be saved. Ergo, drink wine and be saved." - Medieval German saying
“喝了酒,你就会睡得香。睡得香,你就不会犯错。不犯错,你就会被救赎。因此,喝酒就会被救赎。”——德国中世纪格言
"Wine had such ill effects on Noah's health that it was all he could do to live 950 years. Show me a total abstainer that ever lived that long." - Will Rogers
“酒对诺亚的健康造成如此不幸的影响——他才活了950年。给我指出哪位不喝酒的人能这么长寿。”——威尔•罗杰斯
"Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne." - Paul Claudel
“先生们,在危机与灾难间这仅剩的片刻,我们不妨喝一杯香槟酒吧。”——保罗•克劳岱
"Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance." - Benjamin Franklin
“酒,使每天的生活更加舒适,不那么仓促,不那么紧张,使心胸更加宽广。”——班杰明•富兰克林
"Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, make the sage frolic and the serious smile." - Homer, Odyssey
“酒取走醉酒智者的智慧,使圣贤之士嬉戏,使不苟言笑之人微笑。”——荷马,《奥德赛》
"To take wine into your mouth is to savor a droplet of the river of human history." - Clifton Fadiman
“抿一口酒,品尝人类历史长河中的一滴甘露。”——克里夫顿•费迪曼
"A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover." - Clifton Fadiman
“一瓶酒应该被分享;我从未见过吝啬的爱酒者。”——克里夫顿•费迪曼
"I made wine out of raisins so I wouldn't have to wait for it to age." - Steven Wright
“我用葡萄干酿酒,所以我毋需久等。”——史蒂芬•赖特
"Compromises are for relationships, not wine." - Sir Robert Scott Caywood
“可以为了缓和关系妥协,但不能为了酒妥协。”——罗伯特•司各特•凯伍德爵士
"Wine is the most civilized thing in the world." - Ernest Hemingway
“酒是世界上最文明的东西。”——厄纳斯特•海明威
"From wine what sudden friendship springs!" - John Gay
“酒促成一拍即合的友情!”——约翰•盖伊
"There can be no bargain without wine." - Latin saying
“没有酒就没有商谈。”——拉丁谚语
"Wine is poetry in a bottle." - Clifton Fadiman
“酒是瓶子里的诗歌。”——克里夫顿•费迪曼
"In wine there is truth." - Pliny The Elder
“醉意浓时见真理。”——老普林尼
"Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? "
“谁有哀伤?谁有悲痛?谁有争执?谁有抱怨?谁有无谓的伤痕?谁充满嫉妒?”
"Wine bites like a snake and poisons like a viper."
“最后,它如同毒蛇撕咬你,毒害你。”
"Your eyes will see strange sights and your mind imagine confusing things."
“你的眼睛将看到奇幻的景象,你的大脑将幻想莫名其妙的事情。”
"You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging."
“你感到自己睡在巨浪上,躺在帆缆上。”
"They hit me," you will say, "but I'm not hurt! They beat me, but I don't feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?"
– The Song of Songs“他们揍我,”你将会说,“但是我没有感到疼痛!他们敲打我,但我没有感觉!我什么时候可以醒来,这样我就可以再痛饮一回。”
——《雅歌》
"Prostitution and old wine take away the understanding." ( Hosea 4:11)
“女色和陈年老酒夺走了理解力。”《何西阿书》4:11
"Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise."- Proverbs 20:1
“葡萄酒是一个嘲弄者,啤酒是一个斗殴者,不管是谁,只要被它们带入歧途,都不是明智之士。”——《箴言篇》20:1