We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThere is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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.
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I build only living stones–men.
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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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The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he’ll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.
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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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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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He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
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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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Machination is worth more than force.
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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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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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