How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
FRANCOIS RABELAISI place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
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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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Machination is worth more than force.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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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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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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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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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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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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