Don’t limp in front of the lame.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThere is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Science sans conscience. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
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The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he’ll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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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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