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Eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath. — William Shakespeare · 1599He hath eaten me out of house and home. — William Shakespeare · 1597Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour. — William Shakespeare · 1595I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit. — William Shakespeare · 1602
Eat to live, and not live to eat. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733To lengthen thy Life, lessen thy Meals. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733