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Once when he was on the march, and was invited to dinner by a man of the land, he took a good many persons with him; and when he saw that his host was much perturbed, since the preparations that had been made were inadequate, he sent word in advance to each of his friends , and told them to ‘leave room for cake.’ They took his advice and, expecting more to follow, did not eat much, and thus there was enough for all. 1
1 The story is repeated in Moralia, 123 D and 707 B.
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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