A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
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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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Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.
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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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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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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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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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