The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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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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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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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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Appetite comes with eating.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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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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I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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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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One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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