Hungry bellies have no ears.
FRANCOIS RABELAISAgainst fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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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 am going to seek a great perhaps.
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When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.
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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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For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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