Nature abhors a vacuum.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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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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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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