I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIt’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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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 am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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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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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.
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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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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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To laugh is proper to 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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He that has patience may compass anything.
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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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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