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 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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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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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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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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Row on whatever happens.
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Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
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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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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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The deed will be accomplished with the least amount of bloodshed possible, and, if possible, we’ll save all the souls and send them happily off to their abode.
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It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
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When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.
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