Quotable Quotes

This is a forum thread where we can share our favorite quotes about chocolate.

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Permalink Reply by Kristina on January 30, 2010 at 3:19pm

I've just revised my archive:

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Las cosas claras
y el chocolate espresso

Ideas should be clear
and chocolate thick

Spanish proverb
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Twill make old women young and fresh,
Create new motions of the flesh.
And cause them long for you know what,
If they but taste of chocolate.

James Wadworth (1768-1844);
A History of the Nature and Quality of Chocolate

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Stress wouldn’t be so hard to take if it were chocolate covered.

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Anyone who knows chocolate and yet prefers to smoke
is either mentally disabled or a chimney!

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The greatest tragedies were written by the Greeks and by Shakespeare.
Neither knew chocolate.
The Swiss are known for nonviolence. They are also known for superb chocolate.

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Chocolate doesn't make the world go around, but it sure does make the trip worthwhile

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In the beginning, the Lord created chocolate, and he saw that it was good.

Then he separated the light from the dark, and it was better

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Permalink Reply by Kristina on February 16, 2010 at 4:23am

Schokolade ist fassbar, greifbar und vor allem essbar gewordenes Glücksgefühl.

(my attempt to translate)
Chocolate is a feeling of happiness, which has become tangible, concrete and, uppermost, edible.

Wim Wenders
German film director

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Permalink Reply by Pierre (Pete) Trinque on February 20, 2010 at 5:24pm

My favorite is:
"Ne croyez pas que le chocolat soit un substitut a l'amour est un substitut au chocolat," which translates to:
Don't believe that chocolate is a substitute for love. Love is a substitute for chocolate.
Miranda Ingram