A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIt’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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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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I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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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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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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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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