He that has patience may compass anything.
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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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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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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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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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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