Ocupation: Writer
Life: September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784
Birthday: September 18
Death: December 13
Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
- Samuel Johnson
source: In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 3, p. 381 (7 April 1779)
topic: Drinking, Food, Hero, Drinking Wine, Brandy, Claret, Bacchus