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No clock is more regular than the belly.

Francois Rabelais

When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.
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Human Leaving Myself Soul State Visible World
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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Call Counsel Force Time Virtue
There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Drink Old Physician
Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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Drinking Measurement Pleasure Rise
You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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Discover Need Obligation Reality Sun Yourself
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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Goodness Make Up Nature Start Woman
No clock is more regular than the belly.
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Body Regular Wisdom
The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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Anand Thakur
If you wish to be good “Pantagruelists” (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.
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Anand Thakur
I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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Leave Myself Poor
Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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Lying Poor Togetherness
An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Face Monkey Old
I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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Art Peace Try War
Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Mindset Oneself
Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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Appetite Drinking Eat Thirsty
I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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Effort Hard Work Inspirational Known

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