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" THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF GASTRONOMY

There's a rule for proper doses
in the dinner-eaters lore:
one should stop the filling process
while one still has room for more.

And if someone at the table
had reminded me before -
Hallelujah! I'd be able
to absorb a little more. "

Piet Hein


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Piet Hein quote : THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF GASTRONOMY <br /> <br />There's a rule for proper doses<br />in the dinner-eaters lore:<br />one should stop the filling process<br />while one still has room for more. <br /> <br />And if someone at the table<br />had reminded me before -<br />Hallelujah! I'd be able<br />to absorb a little more.