Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIt’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Science sans conscience. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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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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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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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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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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