Absinthe Quotes: Oscar Wilde
January 27th, 2009
“A glass of absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world, what difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset.”
- Oscar Wilde
Absinthe Quote: Hemingway
November 10th, 2008
“Got tight last night on absinthe. Did knife tricks.”
- Ernest Hemingway
Absinthe Quote: Marie Corelli
August 26th, 2008
“Let me be mad, mad with the madness of absinthe, the wildest, most luxurious madness in the world”
Corelli M: Wormwood-A drama of Paris London, UK, Richard Bentley and Son; 1890.
Absinthe portrait and quote – Paul Verlaine
July 7th, 2008
“For me my glory is but an
‘humble ephemeral Absinthe’
drunk on the sly, with fear of treason
and if I drink no longer,
it is for a good reason.”
- Paul Verlaine, Poet
March 30, 1844–January 8, 1896
Photograph by Jules Dornac
Absinthe Quote: 1911, US Department of Agriculture
March 21st, 2008
“Absinthe is one of the worst enemies of man, and if we can keep the people of the United States from becoming slaves to this demon we will do it.”
-Dr Wiley, head of the Pure Food Board division of the Department of Agriculture, 1911
Source: Adams, Jad, Hideous Absinthe, New York, 2004, p. 224
