The pleasure of eating lies in having an appetite
Not in being glutted
Tusculan Disputations - 5.97
Appetite is the best sauce - Cicero
Hunger will make even ordinary bread taste delicate and
Seem to be from the finest flour
For that reason, we should not eat until hunger binds us
This can be compared to consumption through Senses:
Most of us consume before we are hungry
And therefore indulge in gluttony
So practice voluntary poverty: which is simply
To become hungry before we eat
To become celibate, before we indulge
To enjoy Silence, before hearing music
To enjoy solitude, before we enjoy the scenery
To enjoy natural fragrance, before the perfumery!
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