The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.
Interpretation
The joy brought by food is greater than that from celestial discoveries.
Brillat-Savarin's quote suggests that the pleasure and happiness derived from culinary experiences have a more profound impact on humanity than scientific discoveries like new stars. It highlights the essential role of food in our lives and the joy it brings, asserting that our daily experiences, such as enjoying a good meal, are deeply significant and contribute immensely to human happiness.
In practice
Use this quote during a culinary event to emphasize the joy of cooking.
It has been shown as proof positive that carefully prepared chocolate is as healthful a food as it is pleasant; that it is nourishing and easily digested... that it is above all helpful to people who must do a great deal of mental work.
The limits of pleasure are as yet neither known nor fixed, and that we have no idea what degree of bodily bliss we are capable of attaining.
Place a substantial meal before a tired man and he will eat with effort and be little better for it at first. Give him a glass of wine or brandy, and immediately he feels better: you see him come to life again before you.
Gourmandism is an act of judgment, by which we prefer things which have a pleasant taste to those which lack this quality.
In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight.
You first parents of the human race...who ruined yourself for an apple, what might you have done for a truffled turkey?
I am a happy camper so I guess Iβm doing something right. Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.
Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude for life.
Households, cities, countries and nations have enjoyed great happiness, when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such men not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind.
Happiness is the ability to move forward, knowing the future will be better than the past.
I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about.
Sometimes you do have to laugh to keep from crying. And sometimes the world feels all right and good and kind of like it's becoming nice again around you. And you realize it, and realize how happy you are in it, and you just gotta laugh.
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