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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Quotes

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin quotes

French Lawyer April 1, 1755 – February 2, 1826

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Those who have been too long at their labor, who have drunk too long at the cup of voluptuousness, who feel they have become temporarily inhumane, who are tormented by their families, who find life sad and love ephemeral......they should all eat chocolate and they will be comforted. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Food is all those substances which, submitted to the action of the stomach, can be assimilated or changed into life by digestion, and can thus repair the losses which the human body suffers through the act of living. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The host took care to produce one or another of these whenever the current subjects seemed about used up, so that the conversation gathered new life and at the same time steered clear of political arguments, which are hindersome to both ingestion and digestion. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Seating themselves on the greensward, they eat while the corks fly and there is talk, laughter and merriment, and perfect freedom, for the universe is their drawing room and the sun their lamp. Besides, they have appetite, Nature's special gift, which lends to such a meal a vivacity unknown indoors, however beautiful the surroundings. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin quote: "The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on..."
The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Coffee is a more powerful fluid than people generally think. A man in good health may drink two bottles of wine a day for a long time, and sustain his strength. If he drank that quantity of coffee he would become imbecile and die of consumption. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin quote: "The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of..."
The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of mankind than the discovery of a star. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin quote: "Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye"
Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
All men, even those we call savages, have been so tormented by the passion for strong drinks, that limited as their capacities were, they were yet able to manufacture them. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
I will only observe, that that ethereal sense - sight, and touch, which is at the other extremity of the scale, have from time acquired a very remarkable additional power. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The centuries last passed have also given the taste important extension; the discovery of sugar, and its different preparations, of alcoholic liquors, of wine, ices, vanilla, tea and coffee, have given us flavors hitherto unknown. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Those persons who suffer from indigestion, or who become drunk, are utterly ignorant of the true principles of eating and drinking. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
When I need a word and do not find it in French, I select it from other tongues, and the reader has either to understand or translate me. Such is my fate. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin quote: "The first thing we become convinced of is that man is..."
The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin quote: "The discovery of a new dish does more for the happinessof the..."
The discovery of a new dish does more for the happinessof the human race than the discovery of a star. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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