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.
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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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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Pantagruel was telling me that he believed the queen had given the symbolic word used among her subjects to denote sovereign good cheer, when she said to her tabachins, A panacea.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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A crier of green sauce.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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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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