Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one’s business; and … it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
FRANCOIS RABELAISHalf the world does not know how the other half lives.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue…. In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.
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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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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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The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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