Machination is worth more than force.
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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I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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Row on whatever happens.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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No clock is more regular than the belly.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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