- “Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea? how did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.” ~ Sydney Smith, Lady Holland’s Memoir (vol. I, p. 383) - View Quote Details on “Thank God for tea! What would the world do without…
- “Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, / Dost sometimes counsel take–and sometimes tea.” ~ Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock (canto III, l. 7) - View Quote Details on “Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, / Dost…
- “Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things.” ~ Chaim Potok - View Quote Details on “Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk…
- “Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you’re at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky” ~ Lewis Carroll - View Quote Details on “Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you’re at!…
- “Tea pot is on, the cups are waiting, Favorite chairs anticipating, No matter what I have to do, My friend there’s always time for you” ~ Unknown - View Quote Details on “Tea pot is on, the cups are waiting, Favorite chairs…
- “Soft yielding Minds to Water glide away, / And sip, with Nymphs, their elemental Tea.” - Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock (canto I) - View Quote Details on “Soft yielding Minds to Water glide away, / And sip,…
- “Picture you upon my knee, / Just tea for two and two for tea.” ~ Irving Caesar, Tea for Two - View Quote Details on “Picture you upon my knee, / Just tea for two…
- “A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water.” ~ Chinese proverb - View Quote Details on “A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot…
- “I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant on spirituous liquors. Gentle herb! Let the florid grape yield to thee. Thy soft influence is a more safe inspirer of social joy.” ~ James Boswell - View Quote Details on “I am so fond of tea that I could write…
- “Tea and books - Mmmmmm, two of life’s exquisite pleasures that together bring near-bliss.” ~ Christine Hanrahan - View Quote Details on “Tea and books - Mmmmmm, two of life’s exquisite pleasures…
- “Tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country.” ~ George Orwell - View Quote Details on “Tea is one of the main stays of civilization in…
- “The British Empire was built on cups of tea, and if you think i’m going into battle without one, you’re sorely mistaken!” — Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - View Quote Details on “The British Empire was built on cups of tea, and…
- “There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea” ~ Bernard-Paul Heroux - View Quote Details on “There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot…
- “Matrons, who toss the cup, and see \ The grounds of fate in grounds of tea.” ~ Charles Churchill, The Ghost (bk. I, l. 117) - View Quote Details on “Matrons, who toss the cup, and see \ The grounds…
- “Tea’s proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence.” ~ Samuel Johnson - View Quote Details on “Tea’s proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax…
- “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me” ~ C.S. Lewis - View Quote Details on “You can never get a cup of tea large enough…
- “A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” ~ Nancy Reagan - View Quote Details on “A woman is like a tea bag, you can not…
- “Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.” ~ Henry Fielding - View Quote Details on “Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.” ~…
- “I view tea drinking as a destroyer of health, an enfeebler of the frame, an en-genderer of effeminancy and laziness, a debaucher of youth and maker of misery for old age. Thus he makes that miserable progress towards that death which he finds ten or fifteen years sooner than he would have found it if he had made his wife brew beer instead of making tea.” — William Cobbett in Cottage Economy (1821). - View Quote Details on “I view tea drinking as a destroyer of health, an…
- “Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid,… thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart-opening, wink-tipping cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall prostrate.” ~ Colley Cibber, Lady’s Last Stake (act I, sc. 1) - View Quote Details on “Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid,… thou…
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