How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
FRANCOIS RABELAISIndeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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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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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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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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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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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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Science sans conscience. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one’s business; and … it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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