A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
FRANCOIS RABELAISLet every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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I build only living stones–men.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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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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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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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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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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