I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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To laugh is proper to man.
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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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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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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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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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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Nature 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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