“It sloweth age, it strengtheneth youth, it helpeth digestion, it cutteth flegme, it relisheth the harte, it lighteneth the mynd, it quickeneth the spirits, it cureth the hydropsie, it repelleth gravel . . . and trulie it is a sovereigne liquor if it be orderlie taken”.
Raphael Hollinshed, - Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1577
“There is no such thing as a bad whisky. Some whiskies just happen to be better than others.”
- William Faulkner
- W. C. Fields quotes
- H. L. Mencken
“The light music of whiskey falling into a glass – an agreeable interlude.”
- James Joyce
“Too much of anything is bad, but too much of good whiskey is barely enough.”
- Mark Twain
“For God’s sake bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful country. “
- Reginald Maudling