Holy Scripture
Proverbs 23:3
A church father on this verse
“There is no limit to epicurism among men. For it has driven them to sweetmeats, and honey-cakes, and sugar-plums; inventing a multitude of desserts, hunting after all manner of dishes. A man like this seems to me to be all jaw, and nothing else. "Desire not," says the Scripture, "rich men's dainties;" for they belong…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3desire not his provisions; For these belong to a false life.
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In context
1If thou sit to sup at the table of a prince, Consider attentively the things set before thee:
2And apply thy hand, Knowing that it behooves thee to prepare such meats: But if thou art very insatiable,
— Proverbs 23:3 —
4If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; But refrain thyself in thy wisdom.
5If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; For wings like an eagle’s are prepared for him, And he returns to the house of his master.