Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe dress does not make the monk.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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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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Appetite comes with eating.
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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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The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Row on whatever happens.
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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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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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