"Wine is as good as life to Man, if you drink it in its proper measure." ~~ Ben Sira 31:27
"Eat a third and drink a third and leave the remaining third of your stomach empty. Then, when you get angry, there will be sufficient room for your rage. " ~~ Talmud, Gittin
"Wine adds to the appetite." ~~ Talmud, Pesachim
"Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. " ~~ Isaiah (Yesha”yahu) 22:13
"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
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