Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Quotes

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It is the duty of all papas and mammas to forbid their children to drink coffee, unless they wish to have little dried-up machines, stunted and old at the age of twenty... once saw a man in London, in Leicester Square, who had been crippled by immoderate indulgence in coffee; he was no longer in any pain, having grown accustomed to his condition, and had cut himself down to five or six cups a day.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Another novelty is the tea-party, an extraordinary meal in that, being offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither appetite nor thirst, and has no object but distraction, no basis but delicate enjoyment.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The truffle is not a positive aphrodisiac, but it can upon occasion make women tenderer and men more apt to love.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Alcohol is the prince of liquids and carries the palate to its highest pitch of exaltation.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
To invite people to dine with us is to make ourselves responsible for their well-being for as long as they are under our roofs.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
A dinner which ends without cheese is like a beautiful woman with only one eye.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The table is the only place where we do not get weary during the first hour.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
It has been shown as proof positive that carefully prepared chocolate is as healthful a food as it is pleasant; that it is nourishing and easily digested... that it is above all helpful to people who must do a great deal of mental work.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The pleasures of the table belong to all times and ages, to every country and every day; they go hand in hand with all our other pleasures, outlast them, and remain to console us for their loss.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin