context: At any rate, Philotas, the physician of Amphissa, used to tell my grandfather, Lamprias, that he was in Alexandria at the time, studying his profession, and that having got well acquainted with one of the royal cooks, he was easily persuaded by him (young man that he was) to take a view of the extravagant preparations for a royal supper.
source: But the cook burst out laughing and said: The guests are not many, only about twelve; but everything that is set before them must be at perfection, and this an instant of time reduces.
reference_original: Mas o cozinheiro caiu na gargalhada e disse: "Os convidados não são muitos, apenas uns doze; mas tudo que é colocado frente a eles precisa ser feito à perfeição, e isso um instante reduz".
reference_flipped: Mas a cozinheira caiu na gargalhada e disse: "Os convidados não são muitos, apenas uns doze; mas tudo que é colocado frente a eles precisa ser feito à perfeição, e isso um instante reduz".