Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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I build only living stones–men.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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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’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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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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A crier of green sauce.
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But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
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The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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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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