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] |