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Quotation from The Miser and The Would-Be Gentleman by Molière
“We must eat to live, and not live to eat”
The Miser and The Would-Be Gentleman, The Miser, Act III, Scene V, trans. Charles Heron Wall
Valère quotes 'one of the ancients' to support Harpagon's stingy supper; Harpagon garbles the maxim and wants it carved over his chimney.
Citation: "We must eat to live, and not live to eat" — Molière, The Miser and The Would-Be Gentleman, The Miser, Act III, Scene V, trans. Charles Heron Wall. (id moliere-the-miser-and-the-would-be-gentleman-q2)
