If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
FRANCOIS RABELAISKeep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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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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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion grows.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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