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| A full man is no eater. Portuguese. | 1 |
| A man must eat though every tree were a gallows. Dutch. | 2 |
| A man that has had his fill is no eater. Spanish. | 3 |
| A good eater must be a good man. Benjamin Disraeli. | 4 |
| A morsel eaten gains no friends. | 5 |
| As a man eats so he works. German. | 6 |
| Eat a bit before you drink. | 7 |
| Eat and drink measurely and defy the mediciners. | 8 |
| Eat and welcome, fast and heartily welcome. | 9 |
| Eat after your own fashion, clothe yourself as others do. | 10 |
| Eat at pleasure, drink by measure. | 11 |
| Eaten bread is soon forgotten. | 12 |
| Eat bread that’s light and cheese by weight. Dutch. | 13 |
Eat little at dinner, less at supper;
Sleep aloft and you will sleep oft. Spanish. | 14 |
| Eat peas with the king and cherries with the beggar. | 15 |
| Eat the fruit and don’t inquire about the tree. Turkish. | 16 |
| Eat the present and break the dish (so as not to be reminded of the obligation). Arabian. | 17 |
| Eat-well is Drink-well’s brother. | 18 |
| Eat with him and beware of him. Portuguese. | 19 |
| Eating and drinking make the stomach full but the purse empty. German. | 20 |
| Eating and drinking want but a beginning. | 21 |
| Eating and drinking take away one’s hunger. | 22 |
| Eating little and speaking little can never do a man harm. | 23 |
| Eating sets the head to rights. | 24 |
| He has two stomachs to eat and one to work. | 25 |
| He that banquets every day never makes a good meal. | 26 |
| He that eats most porridge shall have most meat. | 27 |
| He that eats the king’s goose shall be choked by the feathers. | 28 |
| He that eats well and drinks well should do his duty well. | 29 |
| He that eats while he lasts will be war while he die. | 30 |
| He who eats but one dish never wants a physician. | 31 |
| He who eats pears with his master should not choose the best. Italian. | 32 |
| He who eats the meat let him pick the bone. Spanish. | 33 |
| If I were to fast for my life I would eat a good breakfast in the morning. | 34 |
| If you eat it up at supper, you cannot have it at breakfast. Spanish. | 35 |
| If you hate a man eat his bread, if you love him do the same. | 36 |
| It is a great pleasure to eat and have nothing to pay. | 37 |
| It is dangerous to eat cherries with the great; they throw the stones at your head. Danish. | 38 |
| It is very savory to eat scot free. Spanish. | 39 |
| Nice eaters seldom meet with a good dinner. | 40 |
| Often and little eating makes a man fat. | 41 |
| One does not eat acorns when he has peaches. German. | 42 |
| One is never well at table unless there be four in company. Arabian Nights. | 43 |
| One may be surfeited by eating tarts. French. | 44 |
| People must eat if every tree were a gallows. Dutch, Danish. | 45 |
| She that is ashamed to eat at table eats in private. | 46 |
| Some eat the stew, then ask for the pan. | 47 |
| To eat and to scratch one has but to begin. Spanish. | 48 |
| To good eating belongs good drinking. German. | 49 |
| Who eats and leaves has another good meal. | 50 |
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| Who eats his dinner alone must saddle his horse alone. Spanish, Portuguese. | 51 |
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