It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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A crier of green sauce.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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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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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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War 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.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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