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Colonial America2 quotes
Eat to live, and not live to eat. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733To lengthen thy Life, lessen thy Meals. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733Classical antiquity1 quote
The best choose one thing instead of everything, everlasting fame among mortals; but the masses stuff themselves like cattle. — HeraclitusThe Renaissance1 quote
He hath eaten me out of house and home. — William Shakespeare · 1597