"Another novelty is the tea-party, an extraordinary meal in that, being
offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither
appetite nor thirst, and has no object but distraction, no basis but
delicate enjoyment."
~ Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. The Physiology of Taste
"Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world."
~ T'ien Yiheng
"The perfect temperature for tea is two degrees hotter than just right."
~ Terri Guilements
"If a man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty."
~ Japanese Proverb
"Come and share a pot of tea, my home is warm and my friendship's free."
~ Emilie Barnes
"Afternoon tea should be provided, fresh supplies with thin bread-and-butter, fancy pastries, cakes etc; being brought in as other guests arrive."
~ Isabella Beeton. The Household Book of Management.
"Great love affairs begin with Champagne and end with tisane."
~ Honore de Balzac
"There is no trouble so great of grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea."
~ Bernard-Paul Heroux
"Tea is wealth itself, because there is nothing that cannot be lost, no problem that will not disappear, no burden that will not float away, between the first sip and the last."
~ The Minister of Leaves
"There is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson. Letters and Social Alms
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough, or a book long enough, to suit me."
~ C.S. Lewis
"Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea."
~ Henry Fielding. Love in Several Masques
"The mere chink of cups and saucers turns the mind to happy repose."
~ George Gissing
"There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life."
~ Lin Yutang. The Importance of Living
"If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are excited, it will calm you."
~ William Ewart Gladstone
"The spirit of the tea beverage is one of peace, comfort and refinement."
~ Arthur Gray. Little Tea Book
"Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
~ Henry James. Portrait of a Lady 1880
"A land of sheltered homes and warm firesides - firesides that were waiting - waiting for the bubbling bottle and the fragrant breath of tea."
~ Agnes Repplier
"Perhaps it is while drinking tea that I most of all enjoy the sense of leisure."
~ George Gissing
"Take some more tea." the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
"I've had nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone, "so I can't take more."
"You mean you can't take less," said the Hatter, "it's very easy to take more than nothing."
"Nobody asked your opinion." said Alice."
~ Lewis Carroll. Alice in Wonderland
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