Lees Quotes

The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine afterwards the constant weight of it brings forth bitterness, the taste and strain from the lees of the vat. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
He knelt by the bed and bent over her, draining their last moment to its lees; and in the silence there passed between them the word which made all clear. View quote
Edith Wharton
Take your fill when the cask is first opened and when it is nearly spent, but midways be sparing: it is poor saving when you come to the lees. View quote
Hesiod
I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees. View quote
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The cup of life is not so shallow That we have drained the best That all the wine at once we swallow And lees make all the rest. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The pure air is cleansed of lingering lees And mysteriously, Heaven's realms are high. View quote
Tao Yuanming