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When somebody promised him to make the wine pleasant to the taste, he said, ‘What for ? For more of it will be used, and it will make the men's eating together less beneficial.’ 1
1 See Moralia, 240 D (2), infra, which makes the meaning of this passage quite clear.
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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