Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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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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The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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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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Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
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