Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
FRANCOIS RABELAISTell the truth and shame the devil.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
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It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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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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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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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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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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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one’s business; and … it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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