Hungry bellies have no ears.
FRANCOIS RABELAISKeep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.
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Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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I build only living stones–men.
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Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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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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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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