Others live to eat. I eat to live.
Socrates, Diogenes Laertius 2.34
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"Others live to eat. I eat to live." Socrates said it in Diogenes Laertius 2.34. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
"ἔλεγέ τε τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους ἀνθρώπους ζῆν ἵνʼ ἐσθίοιεν· αὐτὸς δὲ ἐσθίειν ἵνα ζῴη."Original Greek, Diogenes Laertius 2.34. Greek: Hicks 1925 Loeb text via Perseus.
Socrates (c. 470–399 BC). The Athenian who wrote nothing and questioned everyone. We know him through Plato.
Others live to eat. I eat to live.
Socrates, Diogenes Laertius 2.34
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