The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.
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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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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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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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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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