The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIf 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.
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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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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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he’ll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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No clock is more regular than the belly.
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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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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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