How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
FRANCOIS RABELAISI’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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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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I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.
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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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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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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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