eat to live, not live to eat

谚语

英文释义

谚语
  1. It is best not to be gluttonous; eating shouldn't be one's favorite activity, but one should eat only to supply health. imperative
    — Balance can be used to heighten matched pairs of ideas, as in the maxim "one should eat to live, not live to eat."

词形变化

live not to eat, but eat to live alternative

词源

Often attributed to Socrates and Benjamin Franklin.
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