It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
FRANCOIS RABELAISWar begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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