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 The sweetest honey
 Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
  And in the taste confounds the appetite.  
 The sweetest honey
 Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
  And in the taste confounds the appetite. 
Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning
Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning
 Now good digestion wait on appetite,
 And health on both!  
 Now good digestion wait on appetite,
 And health on both! 
 His thirst he slakes at some pure neighboring brook,
 Nor seeks for sauce where Appetite stands cook.  
 His thirst he slakes at some pure neighboring brook,
 Nor seeks for sauce where Appetite stands cook. 
 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what 
is before thee:
 And put a knife read more 
 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what 
is before thee:
 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to 
appetite. 
 My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while 
it satiates.
 [It., L'anima mia gustava di read more 
 My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while 
it satiates.
 [It., L'anima mia gustava di quel cibo,
  Che saziando di se, di se s'asseta.] 
 The sweetest honey
 Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.  
 The sweetest honey
 Is loathsome in his own deliciousness. 
 My forces are not enfeebled, I find no decay in my strength; my 
provisions are not cut off, I read more 
 My forces are not enfeebled, I find no decay in my strength; my 
provisions are not cut off, I find no abhorring in mine appetite; 
my counsels are not corrupted nor infatuated, I find no false 
apprehensions to work upon mine understanding; and yet they see 
that invisibly, and I feel that insensibly, the disease prevails. 
 Read o'er this
 And after, this, and then to breakfast with
  What appetite you have.  
 Read o'er this
 And after, this, and then to breakfast with
  What appetite you have.