It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIgnorance is the mother of all evils.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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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
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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion grows.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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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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