You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
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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 is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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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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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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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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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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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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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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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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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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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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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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