Use of comma

[abc]

Hi teachers

Eat to live but do not live to eat.

Eat to live, but do not live to eat.

Does this sentence require comma before but?

Thanks a lot

[Alan]

Hi abc,

The comma is really intended to suggest a break or a pause. In youir sentences the conjunction but provides the pause in itself and so the comma isn't needed.

Alan
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