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πολὺ δεῖ γὰρ αἰεὶ πρότερον οἷς μέλλει ποιεῖν
τὸ δεῖπνον ἢ τὸ δεῖπνον ἐγχειρεῖν ποιεῖν.
ἂν μὲν γάρ ἕν τις τοῦτ᾽ ἐπιβλέψῃ μόνον,
τοὔψον ποιῆσαι κατὰ τρόπον πῶς δεῖ, τίνα
τρόπον παραθεῖναι δ᾽ ἢ πότ᾽ ἢ πῶς σκευάσαι
δεῖ, μὴ προίδηται τοῦτο μηδὲ φροντίσῃ,
οὐκέτι μάγειρος, ὀψοποιός ἐστι δέ.
οὐ ταὐτὸ δ᾽ ἐστὶ τοῦτο, πολὺ διήλλαχεν.
ὡς οὐ στρατηγὸς πᾶς καλεῖθ᾽ ὃς ἂν λάβῃ
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