Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNature 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.
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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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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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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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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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I build only living stones–men.
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