List of Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Quotes

Sight And Touch, Being Thus Increased In Capacity, Might Belong To Some Species Far Superior To Man; Or Rather The Human Species Would Be Far Different Had All The Senses Been Thus Improved.

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.

Vegetables, Which Are The Lowest In The Scale Of Living Things, Are Fed By Roots, Which, Implanted In The Native Soil, Select By The Action Of A Peculiar Mechanism, Different Subjects, Which Serve To Increase And To Nourish Them.

The Sense Of Smell, Like A Faithful Counsellor, Foretells Its Character.

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.

I Am A Strong Partisan Of Second Causes, And I Believe Firmly That The Entire Gallinaceous Order Has Been Merely Created To Furnish Our Larders And Our Banquets.

The Sense Of Smell Explores; Deleterious Substances Almost Always Have An Unpleasant Smell.

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.

Dear Gourmands! My Bowels Yearn Towards Them As A Father's Toward His Children. They Are So Good Natured! They Have Such Sparkling Eyes!

When You Have Breakfasted Well And Fully, If You Will Drink A Big Cup Of Chocolate At The End You Will Have Digested The Whole Perfectly Three Hours Later, And You Will Still Be Able To Dine. Because Of My Scientific Enthusiasm And The Sheer Force Of My Eloquence I Have Persuaded A Number Of Ladies To Try This, Although They Were Convinced It Would Kill Them; They Have Always Found Themselves In Fine Shape Indeed, And Have Not Forgotten To Give The Professor His Rightful Due.

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.

Frying Gives Cooks Numerous Ways Of Concealing What Appeared The Day Before And In A Pinch Facilitates Sudden Demands, For It Takes Little More Time To Fry A Four-pound Carp Than To Boil An Egg.