Top 21 Quotes by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

The German Doctors say that persons sensible of harmony have one sense more than others.

The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell.

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.

The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure.

Those persons who suffer from indigestion, or who become drunk, are utterly ignorant of the true principles of eating and drinking.

The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.

All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline.

Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman, her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table, while the other carries to her mouth, the choice piece so elegantly carved.

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.

Taste, which enables us to distinguish all that has a flavor from that which is insipid.