Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIn their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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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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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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