There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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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Death is the vast perhaps.
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I build only living stones–men.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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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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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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