Frugality is for the vulgar.
FRANCOIS RABELAISOh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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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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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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