“Simply to have all the necessities of life and three meals a day will not bring happiness. Happiness is hidden in the unnecessary and in those impractical things that bring delight to the inner person. . . . When we lack proper time for the simple pleasures of life, for the enjoyment of eating, drinking, playing, creating, visiting friends, and watching children at play, then we have missed the purpose of life. Not on bread alone do we live but on all these human and heart-hungry luxuries.” HumansHeartChildrenPersonsPlayHappinessPurposeThreeSimplePleasureEatingCreatingDrinkingDelightHungryBreadLuxuryMealsEnjoymentPurpose Of LifeUnnecessaryVisitingPleasures Of LifeSimple PleasuresProper Time Author:Edward M Hays
“That which the French proverb hath of sickness is true of all evils, that they come on horseback, and go away on foot; we have often seen a sudden fall or one meal's surfeit hath stuck by many to their graves; whereas pleasures come like oxen, slow, and heavily, and go away like post-horses, upon the spur.” FallEvilPleasureFeetHorseStuckGravesPostsMealsSicknessGoing AwaySpursHorsebackOxen Author:Joseph Hall
“Since the pleasure of most foods is in the first few bites, eat one thing on your plate at a time, at least at the start of the meal when you can concentrate and enjoy the full flavors.” FirstsEnjoyPleasureOne ThingMealsBitesPlatesFlavor Book:French Women Don't Get Fat Source: French Women Don't Get Fat
“Rabbits are a foolish people. They do not fight except with their own kind, nor use their paws except for feet, and appear to have no reason for existence but to furnish meals for meat-eaters. In flight they seem to rebound from the earth of their own elasticity, but keep a sober pace going to the spring. It is the young watercress that tempts them and the pleasures of society, for they seldom drink.” PeopleKindReasonUseSeemsEarthYoungFightingPleasureExistenceFeetDrinkSpringFoolishFlightMeatMealsNo ReasonPaceSoberRabbitsPawsReboundElasticity Book:Stories from the Country of Lost Borders Source: Stories from the Country of Lost Borders
“The guardian and arbiter of superlative eating, with every meal an unforgettable experience in pleasure, starting with the soup, which he said, 'must be the agent provocateur of a good dinner.'” SaidPleasureEatingStartingDinnerAgentsMealsSoupGuardianUnforgettableArbiterSuperlatives Author:Marie-Antoine Careme