Comments on: ‘Eat, Drink and Be Merry’, Meaning & Context https://nosweatshakespeare.com <strong><a href="/">Modern Shakespeare</a></strong> resources, <strong><a href="/sonnets/">sonnet translations</a></strong> & lots more! Sun, 31 Jul 2022 17:44:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Luke https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/famous/eat-drink-and-be-merry/comment-page-1/#comment-2988485 Sun, 31 Jul 2022 17:44:06 +0000 https://nosweatshakespeare.com/?page_id=1030850#comment-2988485 “eat, drink, and be merry” is a direct quote from Luke.

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By: Michael https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/famous/eat-drink-and-be-merry/comment-page-1/#comment-2988225 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 23:32:45 +0000 https://nosweatshakespeare.com/?page_id=1030850#comment-2988225 In reply to Michael.

Thousands of years before the Bible or Greco-Roman philosophy

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By: Michael https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/famous/eat-drink-and-be-merry/comment-page-1/#comment-2988224 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 23:31:26 +0000 https://nosweatshakespeare.com/?page_id=1030850#comment-2988224 Actually it was Imhotep whom spoke those words first…and from whom we gathet this creed.

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By: Jo Smith https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/famous/eat-drink-and-be-merry/comment-page-1/#comment-2988156 Mon, 20 Jun 2022 03:33:29 +0000 https://nosweatshakespeare.com/?page_id=1030850#comment-2988156 Hi, I enjoyed reading this. Thank you. Maybe just check out Luke 13:19. Its the Parable of the Rich Fool who says, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink and be merry.” New Revised Standard translation.
Blessings

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By: Sarah Petroske https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/famous/eat-drink-and-be-merry/comment-page-1/#comment-2982385 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 19:27:14 +0000 https://nosweatshakespeare.com/?page_id=1030850#comment-2982385 I can’t think of a better way to deal with uncontrollable aspects of living than to indulge in those things which make you happy—— and then to be unable to remember it all!

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