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sparkling, natural satisfaction with life, a genuine appreciation of
all
good things in life, a disregard for the bad things, and the creation of
happiness all around him.
" ...
Eons vivants
do not overeat or overdrink; they leave the table
with room for further gastronomic enchantments. . . . Indigestion
and intoxication are the two worst punishments a gourmet could
receive....
". . . Speaking of intoxication, it is curious to note that it embraces
five stages: jocose, bellicose, lachrymose, comotose, and morotose. The
first two are not only respectable, but very, very nice; the third not
quite so respectable and not quite so nice; the fourth not respectable at
all, and not a bit nice. As for the
fifth,
well, it finishes one."
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The Vicomte in the Kitchen,
By Vicomte de Mauduit,
1933
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