酒言醉語

"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 .

“在歐洲，人們認為酒跟食物一樣健康常見，同時也是帶來幸福、安康與歡樂的好東西。喝酒并不代表這個人精于世故，也不代表他城府頗深或者是一名狂熱分子；喝酒如同吃飯，是件很自然的事情，并且對我來說是必須的。”——厄納斯特?海明威，《流動的盛宴》。

"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

“我認為，將酒類做為奢侈品一樣課以重稅大錯特錯。與此相反，這是對我們百姓健康的課稅。酒……老人的牛奶和恢復活力的補品。”——托馬斯?杰斐遜

"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

“酒是一種不含防腐劑的生命之水。它的生命周期由青年期、成熟期、老年期和死亡幾部分組成。如果未被給予適當?shù)淖鹬兀鼘⒉∪鹾拖觥！薄锢蜓?柴爾德

"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，你就會睡得香。睡得香，你就不會犯錯。不犯錯，你就會被救贖。因此，喝酒就會被救贖。”——德國中世紀格言

"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

“酒對諾亞的健康造成如此不幸的影響——他才活了950年。給我指出哪位不喝酒的人能這么長壽。”——威爾?羅杰斯

"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

“先生們，在危機與災難間這僅剩的片刻，我們不妨喝一杯香檳酒吧。”——保羅?克勞岱

"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適，不那么倉促，不那么緊張，使心胸更加寬廣。”——班杰明?富蘭克林

"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，使圣賢之士嬉戲，使不茍言笑之人微笑。”——荷馬，《奧德賽》

"To take wine into your mouth is to savor a droplet of the river of human history." - Clifton Fadiman

“抿一口酒，品嘗人類歷史長河中的一滴甘露。”——克里夫頓?費迪曼

"A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover." - Clifton Fadiman

“一瓶酒應該被分享；我從未見過吝嗇的愛酒者。”——克里夫頓?費迪曼

"I made wine out of raisins so I wouldn't have to wait for it to age." - Steven Wright

“我用葡萄干釀酒，所以我毋需久等。”——史蒂芬?賴特

"Compromises are for relationships, not wine." - Sir Robert Scott Caywood

“可以為了緩和關(guān)系妥協(xié)，但不能為了酒妥協(xié)。”——羅伯特?司各特?凱伍德爵士