Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIn their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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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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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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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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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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If 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.
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