Pantagruel was telling me that he believed the queen had given the symbolic word used among her subjects to denote sovereign good cheer, when she said to her tabachins, A panacea.
FRANCOIS RABELAISLet every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
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