Giving words is an act of lovers.
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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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one’s business; and … it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
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The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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