Famous Quotes | A good sherris-sack hath a...

A good sherris-sack hath a twofold operation in it. It
ascends me into the brain,... makes it apprehensive, quick,
forgetive, full of nimble, fiery, and delectable shapes. - William Shakespeare
Attribution: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Falstaff, in Henry IV, Part 2, act 4, sc. 3, l. 96-7, 99-100. Praising the effects of drinking sherry (”sherris-sack,” from “Xeres” in Spain and “seco” means dry), that stimulates the imagination to be creative (”forgetive,” from the verb to forge).

Categories: Dramatist, Drinking, Imagination, Wine

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