eat to live, not live to eat
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Often attributed to Socrates and Benjamin Franklin.
Proverb
[edit]- (medicine, imperative) It is best not to be gluttonous; eating shouldn't be one's favorite activity, but one should eat only to supply health.
- 2013, Carl H. Klaus, A Self Made of Words: Crafting a Distinctive Persona in Nonfiction Writing, →ISBN:
- Balance can be used to heighten matched pairs of ideas, as in the maxim "one should eat to live, not live to eat."
Usage notes
[edit]Often used as an advice or imperative.