He was so frugal in his manner of living that once, when he was invited to dinner by a neighbour, and found there an elaborate display of cake and [p. 141] pastry and other dishes, and perfumes as well, he left at once, saying, ‘I thought this was to be a meal and not a display of arrogance.’ 1
1 Cf. Moralia, 1099 C, and perhaps Diogenes Laertius, vi. 28.
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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