I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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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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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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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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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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