One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
FRANCOIS RABELAISMachination is worth more than force.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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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.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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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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