John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8895 Plutarh AD 46?-AD 120 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8895 |
| AUTHOR: | Plutarch (A.D. 46?–A.D. c. 120) |
| QUOTATION: | Socrates said, “Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.” 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | How a Young Man ought to hear Poems. 4. |
| Note 1. See Fielding, Quotation 10. He used to say that other men lived to eat, but that he ate to live.—Diogenes Laertius: Socrates, xiv. [back] |