It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNature abhors a vacuum.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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The appetite grows with eating.
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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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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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If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all–both old and young.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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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 drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
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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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