Machination is worth more than force.
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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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Row on whatever happens.
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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.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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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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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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