Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Lawyer
1755-04-01
Quotes by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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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.
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The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a star.
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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.
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The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a star.
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The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.
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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.
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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.
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The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell.
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The torrent of centuries rolling over the human race, has continually brought new perfections, the cause of which, ever active though unseen, is found in the demands made by our senses, which always in their turns demand to be occupied.
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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.
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