Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher
How a Young Man ought to hear Poems, 4
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.”
— Socrates
The quote "Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may li…" is famous quote attributed to Socrates (-470–-399 BC), classical Greek Athenian philosopher.
Plutarch Moralia, How the Young Man Should Study Poetry
Variant translation: Base men live to eat and drink, and good men eat and drink to live.
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classical Greek Athenian philosopher -470–-399 BCRelated quotes
“Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we may diet.”
Cathy Hopkins (1953) English writer
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
Source: 1840s, Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions (1845), p. 83
“Drink! live like the Greeks! eat! gorge!. (translator unknown)”
Bibite ! pergraecamini ! Este ! effercite vos !
Mostellaria, Act I, scene 1, lines 61-62
Mostellaria (The Haunted House)
“Past is dead
Future is uncertain;
Present is all you have,
So eat, drink and live merry.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872–1930) British politician
Speech in Limehouse (4 October 1909) on the Liberal Government's Licensing Bill, quoted in The Times (5 October 1909), p. 4
Joseph Brotherton (1783–1857) British politician
Quoted in Strength and Diet https://books.google.it/books?id=uexsAAAAMAAJ by Francis Albert Rollo Russell (London: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1905), p. 2.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) English poet, author
Source: The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barret Barrett 1845-1846 Vol I
Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
Riyadh-as-Saliheen by Imam Al-Nawawi, volume 3, hadith number 436
Sunni Hadith