One cannot eat his cake and leave it in his hand.

The original sentence is:

A man cannot eat his cake and have it stil. ---John Davis

Evolved into a modern proverb:

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

It means that it is impossible to have the interests of both at the same time. Once the cake is eaten, there is nothing left.

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