I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
FRANCOIS RABELAISIgnorance is the mother of all evils.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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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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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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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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