One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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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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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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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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Science sans conscience. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
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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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The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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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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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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