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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.

Francois Rabelais

The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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Devil Himself Monk Sick
We will take the good-will for the deed.
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Acceptance Goodness Will
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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Foolish Present Wisdom
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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Call Counsel Force Time Virtue
I build only living stones–men.
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Build Live Man Stone
A good intention does not mean honor.
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Goodness Intention Respect
If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion grows.
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Growth Heaven Thankful
When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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Drink Myself Thinking
I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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Greatness Play Purpose Seek
In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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Freedom Power Rule Willing
Pantagruel was telling me that he believed the queen had given the symbolic word used among her subjects to denote sovereign good cheer, when she said to her tabachins, A panacea.
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Believe Herself Subject Symbol Word
The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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Forbidden God Myself Trust
I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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Courage Cry Human Laughter Man Writing
The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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Agreement Celestial Prayer Scent Wine
If you wish to be good “Pantagruelists” (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.
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Anand Thakur
I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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Anand Thakur

Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.

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