We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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The deed will be accomplished with the least amount of bloodshed possible, and, if possible, we’ll save all the souls and send them happily off to their abode.
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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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I build only living stones–men.
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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No clock is more regular than the belly.
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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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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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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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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