The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
FRANCOIS RABELAISAgainst fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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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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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.
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There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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