“From wine what sudden friendship springs!”
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Fables (1727), Fables, Part the Second (1738)
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English poet and playwright 1685–1732Related quotes
“Friendship's the wine of life; but friendship new
(Not such was his) is neither strong nor pure.”
Source: Night-Thoughts (1742–1745), Night II, Line 582.
“A sudden thought strikes me,—let us swear an eternal friendship.”
The Rovers, Act i, Sc. 1, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery together", Thomas Otway, The Orphan, Act iv., Sc. 2.; "My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship", Jean Baptiste Molière, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (published c. 1871), act iv. sc. 1.
“Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.”
Source: The Old Curiosity Shop (1841), Ch. 7
“Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life. ”
Letter to Cassandra (1808-06-20) [Letters of Jane Austen -- Brabourne Edition]
Letters
“What if the pitcher be Persian, from Hejaz is the wine I serve.”
Shikwa & Jawab Shikwa : The complaint and the answer : the human grievance and the divine response
Source: The Old Curiosity Shop (1841), Ch. 2
“What you call weakness comes from the strength of friendship.”