Quotes by Barthes, Roland

To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region >>

Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of s >>

Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion. >>

Quotations about Wine

Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it mak >>

Water for oxen, wine for kings. >>

It's a naïve domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you' >>

Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an ornament in the slightest ceremonials of French daily life, from the snack to the feast, from the conversation at the local café to the speech at a formal dinner.

Barthes, Roland