Less is More

 

A strange contemplation this morning - how does one reconcile the philosophy of 'less is more' when it comes to having a helping of dessert?

"Less is more" might align with the catholic belief that refraining from temptation makes one spiritually superior,

or

that fewer calories makes one more successful at keeping one's weight down?

or

more simply less indulgence, more healthy?

Robert Browning included this dictum in his 1855 poem called Andrea del Sarto:

"      ...I could count twenty such ...

Who strive – you don’t know how the others strive

To paint a little thing like that you smeared

Carelessly passing with your robes afloat,-

Yet do much less, so much less, Someone says,

(I know his name, no matter) – so much less!

Well, less is more, Lucrezia.”