I build only living stones–men.
FRANCOIS RABELAISHe who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all–both old and young.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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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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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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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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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he’ll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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