Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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Anand Thakur
Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA habit does not a monk make.
FRANCOIS RABELAISPlain as a nose in a man’s face.
FRANCOIS RABELAISKeep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
FRANCOIS RABELAISTell the truth and shame the devil.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIn this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
FRANCOIS RABELAISTime, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
FRANCOIS RABELAISHow do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
FRANCOIS RABELAISI drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNature abhors a vacuum.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA good intention does not mean honor.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThere is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNo noble man ever hated good wine.
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