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“Well, suppose he eats the meat alone, without the bread, not because he's in training, but to tickle his palate, does he seem a greedy fellow or not?”“If not, it's hard to say who does,” was the reply.Here another of the company queried, “And he who eats a scrap of bread with a large helping of meat?”“He too seems to me to deserve the epithet,” said Socrates. “Aye, and when others pray for a good wheat harvest, he, presumably, would pray for a good meat supply.”
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