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Be the first to stop eating, for the sake of good manners, and do not be insatiable, lest you give offense.
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If you are seated among many persons, do not reach out your hand before they do.
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How ample a little is for a well-disciplined man! He does not breathe heavily upon his bed.
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Healthy sleep depends on moderate eating; he rises early, and feels fit. The distress of sleeplessness and of nausea and colic are with the glutton.
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If you are overstuffed with food, get up in the middle of the meal, and you will have relief.
22
Listen to me, my son, and do not disregard me, and in the end you will appreciate my words. In all your work be industrious, and no sickness will overtake you.
23
Men will praise the one who is liberal with food, and their testimony to his excellence is trustworthy.
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The city will complain of the one who is niggardly with food, and their testimony to his niggardliness is accurate.
25
Do not aim to be valiant over wine, for wine has destroyed many.
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Fire and water prove the temper of steel, so wine tests hearts in the strife of the proud.
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Wine is like life to men, if you drink it in moderation. What is life to a man who is without wine? It has been created to make men glad.