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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.

Francois Rabelais

If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion grows.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS

Growth Heaven Thankful
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.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS

Animal Bite Dog Thirst Water Yourself
For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS

Born Future God Impossible Woman
If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
FRANCOIS RABELAIS

Avoid Break Children Fools Mirror See
Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS

Conscience Science Soul
I build only living stones–men.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS

Build Live Man Stone
But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS

Concern Greatness Poet Snow
Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS

Lying Poor Togetherness
A crier of green sauce.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS

Cry One Liner
I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS

Common Fools Teaching Well Wisdom
I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS

Leave Myself Poor
Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS

Known Live World
I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS

Comfort God Prayer Save Sleep
A habit does not a monk make.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS

Habit Monk One Liner
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 RABELAIS

Adventure Himself Horse Lose
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.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS

Beginning Breathe Strength War

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