Quotes by Barthes, Roland

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The photographic image... is a message without a code. >>

Quotations about Alcohol and Alcoholism

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Wine is bottled poetry. >>

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for. >>

Other countries drink to get drunk, and this is accepted by everyone; in France, drunkenness is a consequence, never an intention. A drink is felt as the spinning out of a pleasure, not as the necessary cause of an effect which is sought: wine is not only a philter, it is also the leisurely act of drinking.

Barthes, Roland