“The calories in chocolate don't count because chocolate comes from the cocoa bean, and everyone knows that beans are good for you.”

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American writer 1963

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“Abstain from beans.”

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Symbol 37; This was long thought by many to be simply a dietary proscription, and often ridiculed, but many consider it to have originally been intended as advice against getting involved in politics, for voting on issues in his time was often done by using differently colored beans. Others have stated that it might signify a more general admonition against relying on the votes of people to determine truths of reality. The explanation provided in the translation used here states: "This Symbol admonishes us to beware of everything which is corruptive of our converse with the gods and divine prophecy."
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Variant: Abstain from animals.