But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
FRANCOIS RABELAISHow shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
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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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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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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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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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Science sans conscience. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
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The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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