Grapes Quotes

“Uvaque conspecta livorem ducit ab uva.”

“grape”

“The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.”

“The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”

“Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?”

“Nay, in death's hand, the grape-stone proves
As strong as thunder is in Jove's.”

“Wikipedia: Grapes”

“Wikicommons: Grapes”

“And the grapes, now do you count each? No, of course not. What strikes you is their clear, amber colour and the bloom which models the form by softening it.”

“Always eat grapes downwards - that is, always eat the best grape first; in this way there will be none better left on the bunch, and each grape will seem good down to the last.”

“The grapes in Uzbekistan are incredible fruit. They seem to have a life of their own. They’re called “the bridesmaid’s little finger,” and that’s about the size of them. They’re very long, and green, and they’re absolutely the most delicious.”

“"A sack," Baudolino explained, like a man who knows a trade well, "is like a grape harvest: you have to divide the tasks. There are those who press the grapes, those who carry off the must in the tuns, those who cook for others, others who go to fetch the good wine from last year.... a sack is a serious job".”