A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNo noble man ever hated good wine.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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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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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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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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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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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
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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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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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