"He [Socrates] would say that the rest of the world lived to eat, while he himself ate to live."
— Socrates

January 1, 1970

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Socrates II: xxiv. Original Greek: ἔλεγέ τε τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους ἀνθρώπους ζῆν ἵν᾽ ἐσθίοιεν: αὐτὸς δὲ ἐσθίειν ἵνα ζῴη.