One should eat to live, and not live to eat.

Il faut manger pour vivre et non pas vivre pour manger.

Molière

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Topic

Gluttony Food

Speaker

Valere

Author

Molière

Source

Thie Miser

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

French

Time

1669 1660s 17th century

Occupation

Playwright Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Moliere. L'Avare [The Miser]. 9 Sept. 1668, Theatre of the Palais-Royal, Paris, act 3, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Moliere. "The Miser." The Miser and Other Plays, translated by David Coward and John Wood. Penguin Classics, 2000, act 3, sc. 5.

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Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maples, singing songs, drinking water and diverting ourselves in just floating, floating; caring not a whit for the poverty staring us in the face, refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current: this is what we call ukiyo.

Asai Ryoi

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Topic
Enjoying life

Author

Asai Ryoi
Source
Tales of the Floating World
Language
Japanese
Time
1661 1660s 17th century
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Citation

Asai, Ryoi. 浮世物語 [Tales of the Floating World]. c. 1666, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Another quote about Food

Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour.

William Shakespeare

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Topic
Food Sugar
Speaker
John of Gaunt

Author

William Shakespeare
Genre
History (play)
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1595 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Richard II. 9 Dec. 1595, The house of Edward Hoby, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Richard the Second." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 3.

Another quote originally in French

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Victor Hugo

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Topic
Limits of language

Author

Victor Hugo
Source
William Shakespeare
Language
French
Time
1864 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hugo, Victor. William Shakespeare. Paris: Lacroix & Verboeckhoven & Cie, 1864, pt. 1, bk. 2, ch. 4.