Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
—Socrates, c. 430 BCQuotes
’Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1595It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard for their own interest.
—Adam Smith, 1776Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers.
—Voltaire, 1770Why is not a rat as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?
—Henry Ward Beecher, 1862The belly is the reason why man does not mistake himself for a god.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1886At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
—W. Somerset Maugham, 1896We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink, for dining alone is leading the life of a lion or wolf.
—Epicurus, c. 300 BCOne of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.
—Julia Child, 2001To eat is to appropriate by destruction.
—Jean-Paul Sartre, 1943The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615What is food to one is to others bitter poison.
—Lucretius, 50 BCTo safeguard one’s health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness indeed.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1678