The deed will be accomplished with the least amount of bloodshed possible, and, if possible, we’ll save all the souls and send them happily off to their abode.
FRANCOIS RABELAISKeep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
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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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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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Science sans conscience. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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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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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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