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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3967 Henry Fielding 1707-1754 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3967
AUTHOR:Henry Fielding (1707–1754)
QUOTATION:We must eat to live and live to eat. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Miser. Act iii. Sc. 3.
WORKS:Henry Fielding Collection.
 
Note 1.
Socrates said, Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.—Plutarch: How a Young Man ought to hear Poems. [back]