Barthes

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    Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.
    —Roland Barthes (1915–1980)

    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
    —Roland Barthes (1915–1980)

    The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man.
    —Roland Barthes (1915–1980)