Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“Hearing, which, by the motion of the air, informs us of the motion of sounding or vibrating bodies.”

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

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

“The number of flavors is infinite, for every soluble body has a peculiar flavor, like none other.”

“The sense of smell, like a faithful counsellor, foretells its character.”

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

“The senses are the organs by which man places himself in connexion with exterior objects.”

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

“All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline.”