If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion grows.
FRANCOIS RABELAISFriends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Science sans conscience. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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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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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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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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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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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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A good intention does not mean honor.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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