A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIndeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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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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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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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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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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