If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all–both old and young.
FRANCOIS RABELAISHow do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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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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Row on whatever happens.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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If you wish to be good “Pantagruelists” (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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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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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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No clock is more regular than the belly.
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