Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Your belly is given to you so that you may nourish it, not so that it may burst. Your body is given you that you may rule it, not so that you may have it as a mistress. It is given that it may serve you for the nourishment of the other members, not so that you may serve it. Do not exceed these bounds. The sea in flood does not so much harm to the boundaries as our belly does to our bodies and our souls. The flood overwhelms only part of the land. The god of the belly overwhelms the whole body. Set selfconstraint as a bound to it as God sets the sand to the sea. .
