How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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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Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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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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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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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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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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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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The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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