We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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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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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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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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War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.
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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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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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