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Nov 19, 2008
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Philoxenos of Leucadia

A great epicure, who wished he had the neck of a crane, that he might enjoy the taste of his food the longer. (Aristotle: Ethies, iii. 10.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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