| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 5706 |
| QUOTATION: | 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 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Roland Barthes (1915–1980), French semiologist. “Wine and Milk,” Mythologies (1957, trans. 1972). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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