St. Theodoros The Great Ascetic - 55

<p style="text-align:justify;">55. Do not hanker after varied and costly foods or lethal pleasures. For 'she that indulges in pleasure', it is said, 'is dead while still alive' (1 Tim. 5: 6). Even with ordinary foods, avoid satiety as far as possible. For it is written; 'Do not be deceived by the filling of the belly' (Prov. 24: 15. LXX).</p> <p style="text-align:justify;"> </p>