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1558·Padua, Italy
Old age, which is dreaded by all men, is to me the sweetest and most pleasant period of my life.
I found that a strict and regular life is the true way to conquer nature, and that the proverb which says that nature is so powerful is in part false.
It is certain that habit eventually has such power over human nature that it becomes, as it were, a second nature, and forces it to practise that to which it has become accustomed, regardless of whether or not it is good for health.
Maimonides·1170A person should not eat until his stomach is full. Rather, he should eat until he has consumed approximately three quarters of his fill.
Seneca·65 ADWith parsimony a little is sufficient; without it nothing is sufficient; but frugality makes a poor man rich.
Luigi Cornaro·1558The food which a temperate man leaves upon his plate is more beneficial than that which a glutton eats.
