The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
FRANCOIS RABELAISScience without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
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I build only living stones–men.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all–both old and young.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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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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