In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
FRANCOIS RABELAISBut where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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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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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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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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Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one’s business; and … it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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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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