Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Quotes

Another novelty is the tea-party, an extraordinary meal in that, being offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither appetite nor thirst, and has no object but distraction, no basis but delicate enjoyment.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

• Tea
• Enjoyment
• Distraction
• Delicate
• Thirst

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• Another novelty is the tea-party, an extraordinary meal in that, being offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither appetite nor thirst, and has no object but distraction, no basis but delicate enjoyment.

  

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
  • Tea
  • Enjoyment
  • Distraction