To laugh is proper to man.
FRANCOIS RABELAISFrom the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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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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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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