He that has patience may compass anything.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIn their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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A crier of green sauce.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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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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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue…. In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.
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Row on whatever happens.
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I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
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Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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I build only living stones–men.
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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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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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