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“Bakers of bread rolls and pastry cooks will not buy grain before eleven o'clock in winter and noon in summer; bakers of large loaves will not buy grain before two o'clock. This will enable the people of the town to obtain their supply first. Bakers shall put a distinctive trademark on their loaves, and keep weights and scales in their shops, under penalty of having their licenses removed.”

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Cardinal Richelieu

Cardinal Richelieu was a French statesman and diplomat who served as the Chief Minister of King Louis XIII from 1624 to 1642. He is known for his centralization of power and his role in the construction of the French absolute monarchy. more

“Be careful not to be the first to put your hands in the dish. What you cannot hold in your hands you must put on your plate. Also it is a great breach of etiquette when your fingers are dirty and greasy, to bring them to your mouth in order to lick them, or to clean them on your jacket. It would be more decent to use the tablecloth.”

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Author:Desiderius Erasmus

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Author:Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

“Before dinner men meet with great inequality of understanding.”

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Book:The Life of Samuel Johnson

Source: The Life of Samuel Johnson

“Being sober for so many years is getting interesting.”

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Author:Peter O'Toole

“Brandy and water spoils two good things.”

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Author:Charles Lamb

“Bread is a staple article of diet in theory, rather than in practice. There are few who are truly fond of bread in its simplest, most pure, and most healthful state.... Is there one person in a thousand who would truly enjoy a meal of simple bread of two days old?”

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Book:The Young Housekeeper: Or, Thoughts on Food and Cookery

Source: The Young Housekeeper: Or, Thoughts on Food and Cookery

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Book:Land of Fortune: A Study of the New Australia

Source: Land of Fortune: A Study of the New Australia

“Bring me an order of escargots, but hold the slugs.”

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Author:Orson Bean

“But I always felt that I'd rather be provincial hot-tamale than soup without seasoning.”

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Book:The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

Source: The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

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