He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
FRANCOIS RABELAISOh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he’ll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.
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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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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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Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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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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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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