111 Quotes by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating.

La de couverte d’un mets nouveau fait plus pour le bonheur du genre humain que la de couverte d’une e toile. The discoveryof a newdish doesmore for thehappiness of mankind than the discovery of a star.

Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye.

La volaille est pour la cuisine ce qu’est la toile pour les peintres. Fowls are to the kitchen what his canvas is to the painter.

Whosoever says truffle, utters a grand word, which awakens erotic and gastronomic ideas...

La truffe n’est point un aphrodisiaque positif; mais elle peut, en certaines occasions, rendre les femmes plus tendres et les hommes plus aimables. The truffle is not a true aphrodisiac; but in certain circumstances it can make women more affectionate and men more attentive.

A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner. “Much obliged,” said he, pushing the plate aside, “I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills.”

For unknown foods, the nose acts always as a sentinal and cries. ‘Who goes there?’

Gluttony is mankind’s exclusive prerogative.