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You and I aren’t the only ones out there that seem to attribute and relate everything to coffee. Coffee, coffee, coffee running through our brains like a continuous non-ending coffee pot (if only!). Throughout history, some pretty sweet, and sometimes acidic, things have been know to be said about our beloved drink – here’s some of our favorites.
“Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.” Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
“Coffee and tobacco are complete repose.” Turkish proverb
“Way too much coffee. But if it weren’t for the coffee, I’d have no identifiable personality whatsoever.” David Letterman
“Coffee and love are best when they are hot.” German proverb
“The powers of a man’s mind are directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks.” Sir James Mackintosh
“A cup of gourmet coffee shared with a friend is happiness tasted and time well spent.” Anonymous
“Strong coffee, much strong coffee, is what awakens me. Coffee gives me warmth, waking, an unusual force and a pain that is not without very great pleasure.” Napoleon Bonaparte
“Among the numerous luxuries of the table…coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without intoxication; and the pleasing flow of spirits which it occasions…is never followed by sadness, languor or debility.” Benjamin Franklin
“Espresso is to Italy what champagne is to France.” Anonymous
“I never laugh until I’ve had my coffee.” Clark Gable
“Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat.” Alex Levine
“The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it. While you continue to be splenetic, count upon it I will always preach. Thus much I sympathize with you that I am not cheerful enough to write, for I believe coffee once a week is necessary to that.” Jonathan Swift
“If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee; it is the intelligent beverage.” Sydney Smith