How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
FRANCOIS RABELAISIt’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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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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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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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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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one’s business; and … it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
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