The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure.
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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.Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.
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The German Doctors say that persons sensible of harmony have one sense more than others.
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The sense of smell, like a faithful counsellor, foretells its character.
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Taste, which enables us to distinguish all that has a flavor from that which is insipid.
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