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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

Francois Rabelais

One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
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Adventure Bother End Fortune Pursue Upset
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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Adventure Himself Horse Lose
The appetite grows with eating.
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Appetite Eat
An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Face Monkey Old
Machination is worth more than force.
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Force One Liner Worth
There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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Abandonment Desire Holy Pervert Sacred
In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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Freedom Power Rule Willing
How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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Command Myself Power Rule
A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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Battle Coin Force War
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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Accomplishment Happiness Possible Save Soul Willing
I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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Anand Thakur
A good intention does not mean honor.
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Goodness Intention Respect
I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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Common Fools Teaching Well Wisdom
I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue…. In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.
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Knowledge Myself Profit Study Virtue Youth
It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
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Father Feeling Reveal Time Truth
The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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Around Head Missing Moments Right

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

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